ITS Joins Supplier Management Services Company Achilles

Industrial Technology Systems Ltd (ITS) is now registered as a pre-qualified supplier with Achilles, the leading supplier management services company, which creates and sustains buyer-supplier networks in diverse industries across the world. 

Achilles’ aim is to offer services that enable organisations to manage supply chain risk and achieve their sustainable procurement goals.  ITS is now included in its highly respected database, with its company details on view to every buyer registered in the Achilles’ Utilities’ sector.

Achilles identifies, qualifies, monitors and evaluates suppliers on behalf of major organisations worldwide, working in eight main sectors: Construction, ICT, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, Public Sector, Transport, Utilities and New Sectors & Alliances.  ITS is included in the Utilities sector, which provides supplier management services to the power generation, transmission and distribution, nuclear, water, telecom and gas industries.

Utilities represents one of Achilles’ largest and fastest-growing customer groups, addressing a broad range of issues including health and safety, Corporate Social Responsibility and climate change.  Included in its customer list are British Nuclear Group, National Grid, Powergen, British Energy, E-ON, Centrica and British Gas.

The Oxfordshire-based company was originally established in Norway in 1990 by company Chairman Sturla Sand, as a supplier pre-qualification service for the country’s oil and gas industry.  Originally founded to act as a neutral facilitator between buyer and supplier communities, to make procurement activities more efficient, effective and sustainable, it has developed and expanded and now works as a trusted partner with more than 550 of the world’s largest companies, and for over 32,000 suppliers.