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Minority Supplier Development UK [MSDUK]
WARRINGTON, UK / RADNOR, PA 23 JANUARY 2024 – RS Integrated Supply, a global MRO supply chain management services company, announced it has joined Minority Supplier Development UK (MSDUK) as a corporate member as part of its commitment to growing a diverse supplier base.
Founded in 2006, MSDUK is the UK’s leading supplier diversity advocacy organization working for inclusion of non-white ethnic minorities in corporate supply chains. By joining their network, RS Integrated Supply is able to connect with more than 500 procurement professionals, improving its supplier diversity.
According to MSDUK, nearly 16% of all businesses in the UK are non-white, ethnic minority owned. That equates to roughly one in six, or nearly one million businesses. Yet less than 1% of corporate and public sector spend in the UK goes to minority businesses.
“At RS Integrated Supply we are committed to supporting diverse suppliers. MSDUK is doing great work to empower ethnic minority-owned businesses to overcome barriers they face and to give them the networks, training, and skills they need to be successful,” said Costi Campi, Senior Vice President, Global Procurement for RS Integrated Supply. “This new partnership will help us to build positive relationships with these businesses and will support the communities in which we operate.”
RS Integrated Supply
RS Integrated Supply, part of RS Group, is a global MRO supply chain services provider, offering outsourced Procurement & Storeroom Solutions™ to manufacturing, assembly, and process industry clients. RS Integrated Supply was introduced by RS Group in 2022 after combining Synovos and IESA, two procurement and supply chain management companies. Together, the two form the world’s first MRO supply chain services company with true global reach.
RS Group
RS Group plc is a leading global omni-channel industrial product and service solutions provider to customers who are involved in designing, building, and maintaining industrial equipment and operations, safely and sustainably. We stock more than 700,000 industrial and electronic products, sourced from over 2,500 leading suppliers, and provide a wide range of product and service solutions to over 1.2 million customers. With operations in 32 countries, we trade through multiple channels and ship over 60,000 parcels a day.
We support customers across the product life cycle, whether via innovation and technical support at the design phase, improving time to market and productivity at the build phase, or reducing purchasing costs and optimising inventory in the maintenance phase. We offer our customers tailored product and service propositions that are essential for the successful operation of their businesses and help them save time and money.
RS Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange with stock ticker RS1 and in the year ended 31 March 2022 reported revenue of £2,554 million.
For more information, please visit https://www.rsgroup.com/.