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Countries and markets are sealing themselves off. International purchasing is facing big challenges. BIP – Best in Procurement, the association magazine of the BME, focuses in its January issue on the possible solutions to remove trade barriers. read more »

The pharmaceutical company will realign its supply chain through its collaboration with Amazon Web Services. The focus is on automation, machine learning and real-time information. read more »

The IHS Markit/BME Purchasing Managers Index (EMI) fell by 0.4 points in December 2019 to 43.7 compared to the previous month. Thus, the German PMI remained clearly in the red in the last month of the past year. The important leading indicator for... read more »

The Association for Supply Chain Management, Procurement und Logistics (BME) wishes all its employees, members and business partners a successful new year! read more »

The IHS Markit/BME-Einkaufsmanager-Index (EMI) rose by 2.0 points to 44.1 in November compared to the previous month. Despite this slight improvement, the German PMI remains clearly in the red zone. The important leading indicator for the development... read more »

As in previous years, the procurement market in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe will continue to be the focus of the BME in 2020. Other focal points are China and Africa. read more »

Under the conditions of an economic downturn, volatile raw material markets and challenging digitalization, purchasing is undergoing radical change. At the BME press conference, Managing Director Dr. Silvius Grobosch presented the trends in... read more »

The Bielefeld industrial company has realigned its purchasing strategy. At the same time, a focus was placed on reducing material costs – convincing arguments for the jury. The Innovation Award was presented during the opening plenary at the 54th... read more »

Recognising opportunities, courageous implementation, taking the lead in purchasing: Procurement managers, supply chain managers and logistics experts will be discussing how best to organise purchasing at the Buyers Summit in Berlin until Friday. read more »