Across Europe, across the globe
From our inception, the IBX vision has been to be recognized as the global frontrunner in efficient purchasing. We believe strongly in working in close collaboration with our customers to create sustainable customer value. Operational excellence must be a fundamental part of everything we do.
Today, 10 out of Europe’s 50 largest companies are IBX customers. As a very demanding customer base, they make it necessary for IBX to stay in the forefront in terms of service width, innovation and quality. Our customers are truly global (covering all industries like Manufacturing, Business Services, Chemicals, Telecom, Professional Services and Public Sectors) and have taught us how to manage large eProcurement and eSourcing roll-outs. Today we support customers in both Source and Procure to Pay initiatives all over the globe: North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.
IBX has successful customer cases in all major business segments.
eSourcing and eProcurement customers in brief
Arla Foods is one of the international dairy industry’s key players. Their mission is to offer modern consumers with natural milk-based food products that create inspiration, confidence and well-being. Arla Foods has sales offices in 27 countries and production facilities in 12. The company’s dairy products are exported to more than 100 countries and many of the products are sold under well known brand names. Arla Foods is the world’s biggest supplier of organic dairy products.
Bang & Olufsen manufactures a highly distinctive and exclusive range of televisions, music systems, loudspeakers, telephones, and multimedia products that combine technological excellence with emotional appeal. Bang & Olufsen products are sold by over 1.200 dealers in more than 100 countries in an extensive network of retail stores. Bang & Olufsen employs over 2.550 staff members and had a turnover of DKK 4.092 million (EUR 548,6 million) in the 2007/2008 financial year.
British American Tobacco Denmark A/S (House of Prince A/S)
House of Prince is wholly-owned by British American Tobacco -the world’s second largest quoted tobacco group by global market share, with brands sold in more than 180 markets.
House of Prince has production facilities in Denmark and Poland and sales companies in a number of European countries. House of Prince employs more than 1,700 people.
Capgemini is an implementation-focused management consulting and Information Technology services group. Capgemini is with about 92,000 employees the largest consulting firm of European origin and represented in more than 30 countries in the world.
Category One, Inc. is dedicated to providing better, far more affordable, easier-to-access sourcing and purchasing technology. Based in San Francisco, California, the Company’s driving principle is to make on-line e-sourcing available to any company that wants to become leaner, meaner and more competitive by cutting its supplier costs today. This customer-focused thinking has made Category Onew the leading provider of e-sourcing on-line.
Connaught is the UK’s leading integrated services provider, operating in the social housing, public sector and compliance markets. The company was founded in 1982 as a concrete repair specialist in Sidmouth and advanced to an award-winning market leader with over 9,000 staff today.
Copenhagen Airport, founded in 1925, is owned and operated by Copenhagen Airports A/S, a listed company which also owns and operates Roskilde Airport. In addition, Copenhagen Airports A/S is engaged in international acitivities in Mexico (nine airports), Newcastle International Airport in the UK and Meilan Airport in China. There are about 22,000 employees in the many different companies that together provide the services that have given Copenhagen Airport one of the highest ranking in the world.
Deutsche Lufthansa AG ranks upfront among the world’s leading airlines. As an Aviation Group, Lufthansa adheres fi rmly to economic and strategic criteria, focusing on the core competencies of its six business areas: passenger traffi c, logistics, MRO, catering, leisure travel, and IT services.
Deutsche Post DHL is the world’s leading postal and logistics services group.
The Deutsche Post and DHL corporate brands offer a one-of-a-kind portfolio of logistics
(DHL) and communication (Deutsche Post) services. The Group offers its customers easy to use standardized products as well as innovative and tailored solutions – from dialog marketing to industrial supply chains. About 500,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories form a global network focused on service, quality and
sustainability. The Group accepts its social responsibility by supporting climate protection, disaster management and education.
The Ministry of Labour and Government Administration's Programme of Electronic Commerce in the Norwegian Public Sector, renamed Ehandel.no, has established a national electronic marketplace for public procurement. Ehandel.no is a service for public entities to either implement or improve their purchasing/supply chain strategy. The introduction of e-procurement to support the procurement process will contribute to efficient purchasing and cost-cutting gains.
Ecclesiastical Insurance is one of the UK's leading specialist insurers and offers a range of financial advice and service solutions for individuals and families, groups and organisations that care about their communities and the environments in which they live and work.
Ericsson is the largest supplier of mobile systems in the world. The world's ten largest mobile operators are among Ericsson's customers and some 40% of all mobile calls are made through Ericsson systems.
Gas Natural is one of the ten largest European energy multinationals and a leader in the vertical integration of gas and power in Spain and Latin America. It is also the largest global LNG operator in the Atlantic basin. Following its recent merger with Unión Fenosa, the company operates in 23 countries around the world, and has over 20 million customers, 9 million of those in Spain. It has installed capacity of 17GW.
Giesecke & Devrient is specialized in banknote and securities printing, automatic currency processing equipment and is also a leading supplier of smart cards and cutting-edge system solutions in the fields of telecommunications, electronic payments, industry and government. The company's headquarters are in Munich and G&D employed 9,849 people in 2008, whereof 6,041 work abroad.
H. Lundbeck is a leading pharmaceutical company in the fields of research and marketing of pharmaceuticals for treatment of psychiatric and neurological diseases. The group focuses on five areas, viz. depression, psychosis/schizophrenia, anxiety, dementia and Parkinson's disease.
IKEA offers a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. Sales for the IKEA Group for the financial year of 2009 totaled 21,5 billion euros (224,4 billion Swedish kronor). There is a total of 267 IKEA stores in 39 countries/territories. In total, 590 million customers visited IKEA stores during the last year.
Kabel Deutschland (KDG), Germany’s largest cable operator, offers its customers analog and digital TV, broadband Internet and fixed line phone services via cable as well mobile services in cooperation with an industry partner. The company operates the cable networks in 13 German federal states and supplies its services to approximately 9 million connected households in Germany. KDG offers an open digital TV platform for all program providers.
Kraft Foods makes today delicious in 150 countries around the globe. Our 100,000 employees work tirelessly to make delicious foods consumers can feel good about. From American brand icons like Kraft cheeses, dinners and dressings, Maxwell House coffees and Oscar Mayer meats, to global powerhouse brands like Oreo and LU biscuits, Philadelphia cream cheeses, Jacobs and Carte Noire coffees, Tang powdered beverages and Milka, Cote d'Or, Lacta and Toblerone chocolates, our brands deliver millions of smiles every day. Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) is the world's second largest food company with annual revenues of $42 billion.
The LEGO® Group was founded in 1932 and today the group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of play materials for children, employing approximately 7,400 people globally. The LEGO Group is committed to the development of children's creative and imaginative abilities. LEGO products can be purchased in more than 130 countries.
The Linde Group is a world leading gases and engineering company with almost 50,000 employees working in around 100 countries worldwide. The strategy of the The Linde Group is geared towards sustainable earnings-based growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment. Linde is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
Novozymes is the biotech-based world leader in enzymes and microorganisms. Using nature's own technologies, we continuously expand the frontiers of biological solutions to improve industrial performance everywhere. Novozymes' 600+ products are a key factor in the production of thousands of products you use in your everyday life - from the textiles in your clothes to the food you eat. In more than 40 different industries and 130 countries our biological solutions improve industrial performance and quality while at the same time saving water, energy, raw materials and waste.
The Prysmian Group is a truly global company. Being a leading player in the industry of high-technology cables and systems for energy and telecommunications, with sales exceeding 5 billion Euro in 2008 and having subsidiaries in 38 countries, 53 plants in 21 countries, 7 Research & Development Centres and over 12,000 employees.
Repsol is working every day to develop energy solutions for our planet. Repsol YPF, S.A. is an integrated Spanish oil and gas company with operations in 30 countries. The bulk of its assets are located in Spain and Argentina, as a result of the 1999 takeover of Argentine energy firm YPF by the Spanish conglomerate Repsol S.A. It is now the 15th largest petroleum refining company according to the Fortune Global 500 list, employing over 36,000 people worldwide.
RWE offers energy. The core businesses of electricity, gas, water and oil, make RWE one of the largest energy groups in Europe and, with respect to the turnover (in 2008 € 48.95 billion), the second largest in Germany. Headquartered in Essen, Germany, RWE employs approximately 66,000 people worldwide.
Saab is one of the world's leading high-technology companies, with its main operations focusing on defence, aviation and space. The Group covers a broad spectrum of competence and capability in systems integration.
The SAS Group is the Nordic region’s largest listed airline and travel group, offering air transportation and airline-related services. Scandinavian Airlines is a member of Star Alliance™, the world’s largest airline alliance. The SAS Aviation Services business area includes SAS Technical Services, SAS Ground Services and SAS Cargo. In 2006, the SAS Group transported 38,6 million passengers to approximately 160 destinations.
The SEB Group is a leading financial partner in the Nordic countries with a strong European presence and international scope. They constitute a natural partner for both private individuals and companies, for everything from simplifying your everyday finances to advice on complicated corporate deals.
Siemens AG is a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, operating in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors. For over 160 years, Siemens has stood for technological excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality. The company is the world’s largest provider of environmental technologies, generating €23 billion – nearly one-third of its total revenue – from green products and solutions. In fiscal 2009, which ended on September 30, 2009, revenue totaled €76.7 billion and net income €2.5 billion. At the end of September 2009, Siemens had around 405,000 employees worldwide.
Skanska is the third largest construction company in the world with over 70 000 employees on the primary markets in Sweden, the US, UK, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Poland, the Czech Republic, Argentina, Hong Kong and India.
Systembolaget, the Swedish Alcohol Retail Monopoly was the first alcohol monopoly ever started in the mid 1800s in Sweden. It worked so well that the model was spread all over the country. In 1955, the local companies were merged to form a single, national Systembolaget company, a concept which still works. Its revenue was 21,5 bn SEK in 2008 and the company has more than 3000 employees.
TDC is the leading provider of communications solutions in Denmark and a strong player in the Nordic business market. TDC has developed from a traditional provider of landline and mobile services into a provider of modern communications solutions. In all key markets in Denmark, TDC will continue to be the clear front-runner, and it is TDC's goal to be the most efficient telecom operator in the Nordic region, providing the best coherent services on all terminals and networks, anytime, anywhere.
The Volvo Group is a corporation intensively focused on transport solutions for commercial use. All of their business areas-Trucks, Buses, Construction Equipment, Marine & Industrial Power Systems, and Aero-have a strong presence on the global market.
