The Association Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics Germany (BME) was founded in 1954. BME's headquarter is located in Frankfurt / Main.

BME has about 8,500 members, among them over 1,800 corporate members, including Fortune 500 companies and various small and medium sized enterprises.

The purchasing departments of BME's member companies in Germany employ about 105,000 people.

The annual procurement volume of BME member companies in 2009 was about 1,250 billion Euro, of which BME members were directly responsible for about 749 billion Euro.

BME is open to all company types from any sector (industry, transportation, banking/insurance, public sector, service providers,...).

The association provides a platform for know how and knowledge exchange between its members and offers a variety of supply chain related services. BME also has its own procurement academy in Germany.