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Swedish e-sourcing firm acquired by Capgemini
Swedish procurement technology company, IBX, has been acquired by Capgemini in a deal being described as providing, "the industry's first global end-to-end procurement as-a-service offering".
The two companies had been working closely since the summer of 2009 when they announced a collaboration to develop a procurement business process outsourcing platform, combining Capgemini's BPO offering and IBX's hosted software-as-a-service procurement platform.
"Capgemini's competence within outsourcing and procurement and global reach is very impressive," said Leif Bohlin, CEO of IBX Group, who has been appointed head of the new, combined procurement BPO service entity. "When combined with IBX's software-as-a-service purchasing technology platform, global supplier network and sourcing and procurement expertise, we will be able to provide even better solutions for our customers."
Hubert Giraud, global leader of Capgemini BPO, insisted that the combined companies will be able to offer immediate gains to companies looking to outsource processes. "Now that our unique offering provides the end-to-end capabilities from transformation consulting to global sourcing, organisations need only seek a single partner for procurement outsourcing," he said. "Not only does the fully integrated approach achieve significant savings faster, the required investment to recognise and achieve the saving is also less."
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