Acquisition of Atlanta-based firm strengthens sourcing and procurement services.
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has entered into an agreement to acquire Insight Sourcing, a provider of strategic sourcing and procurement services. Insight Sourcing will broaden Accenture's sourcing and procurement services for private equity companies and the consumer goods, retail, technology and industrial industries.
Insight Sourcing helps its clients optimize costs when sourcing and negotiating contracts for direct materials (e.g., metals, electronics, food ingredients, chemicals, clinical services), indirect materials (e.g., logistics, packaging, IT, marketing), services related to capital expenditures (e.g., construction, facility equipment) and energy procurement management.
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