Purchasing Transformation, a book released today, provides new perspectives on how a purchasing function must adopt to a changing world. Purchasing Transformation is published by IBX, Europe’s leading provider of services and solutions for efficient purchasing. The book is full of insight and hands-on experience.

In a world where purchasing and supply chain strategies are a core aspect of almost any business model; the purchasing function is experiencing an unprecedented amount of attention. And rightfully so; recent research has shown that 90 percent of all innovations come from suppliers upstream in the supply chain. Successful manufacturing companies, such as IKEA and Dell, have made efficient purchasing and supply chain strategy core aspects of their business models. On the other end of the spectrum you find disruptions, such as the ones in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner/Airbus A350-race, which are directly related to supply chain issues. Purchasing should be ranked high on the agenda of any company with ambitions in the global market.

Purchasing Transformation provides valuable insights on why companies need to change the way they look upon purchasing. It is a pragmatic book that describes how a purchasing function can transform into a modern and strategic function ready for the challenges of tomorrow. Dealing with subjects such as organization and governance, value assessment as well as sourcing and procurement; the book provides perspectives on purchasing transformation on a number of different levels.

“In order to become the value creators they truly are purchasing functions need to focus on the full picture. This book sheds some light over a purchasing function’s transformation into a modern and attractive business function”, says Leif Bohlin, CEO at IBX and one of the contributing authors.

The six contributing authors; Leif Bohlin, Gustav Hasselskog, Björn Stenecker, Christer Hallqvist, Abdülkadir Tekin och Ann-Sofie Flodin, all have extensive purchasing experience from a wide array of industries.

“Purchasing Transformation is not just another textbook on purchasing theory, it’s a book with a pragmatic approach to purchasing transformation, drawn from hands-on experience”, adds Bohlin.

Where to buy?

Purchasing Transformation (ISBN 978-91-633-2494-9) is published in English and is available on www.ibxeurope.com and on www.amazon.co.uk for 29 Euro.

IBX is starting a blog on IBX Homepage focusing on purchasing transformation. The blog will provide its readers with the relevant information needed to be up-to-date with the development within the field of purchasing. (www.ibxeurope.com/purchasingtransformation)

For more information, please contact:
Leif Bohlin, CEO IBX, Phone: +46 70 558 2108, e-mail: leif.bohlin@ibxeurope.com
Eva Svensson, Marketing Communication Manager, IBX, Phone: +46 8 5030 4242, e-mail: eva.svensson@ibx.se

About IBX
IBX is Europe’s leading provider of services and solutions for efficient purchasing. IBX supports large and medium sized organizations in transforming their sourcing, procurement and payment functions, enabling them to quickly capture spend and deliver measurable savings. IBX provides purchasing expertise, scalable on-demand software and managed services for sourcing and procurement that increase spend under management and improve compliance to generate bottom line results. IBX has offices in Stockholm (headquarter), Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Paris, Oslo and Oxford.