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Sourcing Success Stories

Medical Supplies

This company manufactures and distributes healthcare products and systems in areas such as anesthesia, incubation, oxygen therapy and suction, as well as medical gas...... read more >>

Global Packaging Company

World leading packaging company, Alcan, asked ADR to reduce the costs of its purchased materials.  The initiative was extended to include plants in the...... read more >>

Worldwide Manufacturer

SCA has sales of approximately SEK 109 billion (around £10.5 billion) through its worldwide operations.  With over 45,000 employees, it operates globally and embraces...... read more >>

World's largest oil company

British Petroleum, one of the world's largest oil companies, contacted ADR to support the merger of its oil  and Chemicals' purchasing teams, to assess the...... read more >>

Leading Pharmaceutical Company

ADR was selected by Pfizer to build a skills assessment programme to support its recently launched global competency framework. The competency framework provided detailed...... read more >>

Food Supplier

ADR was selected by UNIQ to build a skills assessment and development programme for its UK procurement team. The UNIQ team included sourcing specialists...... read more >>

Global footwear retailer

Facing a fluctuating market and landscape of margin pressure, a large UK-based global footwear retailer decided to conduct a deep analysis of its inbound...... read more >>

Manufacturing

A manufacturing sector company had eight UK locations, each of which had been negotiating directly with the utilities market on an ad-hoc basis. Total spend...... read more >>

Charities

As a major charity providing support for people whose lives are affected by cancer, Cancerbackup depended heavily on fixed-line communications. As well as inbound and...... read more >>

Building Materials

Oldcastle materials (OMG) is the US division of CRH Plc a $30 billion business, Ireland’s largest private sector company, OMG is the leading supplier of aggregates,...... read more >>

Retail - Home Furnishings

A major textiles and home furnishings retailer with more than 300 stores nationwide asked ADR Sourcing to reduce indirect spend at its head office,...... read more >>

Estate Agent

A long-standing UK-based international property consultants wanted to review it’s spend on storage. Two suppliers had been managing storage for the company. ADR International analysed...... read more >>

Retail - Clothing

A well-established clothing retailer with a nationwide network of 300 stores was well-known for its excellent customer service. However, each outlet was an autonomous profit...... read more >>