Foundries sit at the centre of critical industrial supply chains, supplying essential components to automotive, industrial, and heavy machinery sectors. As cost pressures, regulatory scrutiny, and raw material market volatility increase, foundries face growing challenges in maintaining competitive, compliant, and resilient procurement operations.

Despite their strategic importance, procurement processes in many foundry organisations remain fragmented. Supplier onboarding, certification tracking, tender management, and compliance documentation are often spread across disconnected systems and teams. This limits operational visibility, reduces efficiency, and creates additional risk in increasingly demanding audit and regulatory environments.

In this MetalshubTalks webinar, we examine how digital procurement transformation helps foundries strengthen supplier networks, improve compliance, and unlock measurable cost savings.

The discussion explores:

• The current challenges and market pressures facing foundries in Europe
• Why supplier onboarding and structured supplier management are becoming increasingly critical
• How compliance requirements such as IATF are reshaping procurement processes
• The limitations of fragmented procurement systems in cost control and audit readiness
• How digital procurement workflows improve efficiency, transparency, and sourcing performance

Drawing on MAT Foundry Group’s operational experience and Metalshub’s expertise in digital raw material procurement, the session combines strategic industry perspective with practical implementation insight. The conversation highlights how structured procurement processes help foundries reduce costs, strengthen compliance, and reinforce competitiveness in evolving industrial markets.

MetalshubTalks host, Samir Jaber, is joined by Tim Abbiss, Supplier Performance & Conformance Manager at MAT Foundry Group, and Nick Bolton, Purchasing Manager at Eurac Poole Ltd, to discuss how one of Europe’s leading foundry groups approaches procurement transformation. Together, they share practical lessons on supplier management, audit-proof procurement, cost optimisation, and the role of digitalisation in strengthening long-term supply chain resilience.

Join the conversation and gain practical insight into how leading foundries are modernising raw material procurement to achieve stronger operational performance.

This session is designed for foundry leaders, procurement professionals, supply chain managers, compliance teams, and industrial stakeholders seeking practical strategies for cost reduction, compliance excellence, and procurement transformation.