RS Group report highlights industry procurement challenges

Professionals across industry who work in maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) roles are becoming increasingly worried about managing risk in the supply chain, have mounting concerns about cybersecurity and are more serious than ever about high ethical standards.

These are just some of the key findings from a report published today (Monday Jan 13^th) by industrial solutions giant RS Group exploring some of the key challenges faced by MRO procurement professionals.  

Produced in association with The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS), the 2025 Indirect Procurement Report ‘Tackling the cost of business’ is the eighth annual survey of its kind and attracted 426 responses from individuals working in sectors including discrete and process manufacturing, public and private sector organisations, energy, facilities and intralogistics.  

The results illustrate that people working in procurement are facing some of the most challenging conditions the profession has ever seen