The CPO’s AI Anxiety

Inverto's Raw Materials Study 2026 reveals that businesses face growing geopolitical risks, rising commodity prices and increasing supply chain uncertainty. Despite these challenges, most companies continue to prioritize price over supply resilience, highlighting a critical gap between risk awareness and action.

São Paulo, August 2026. Inverto expands its global presence with a new operation in São Paulo, Brazil, strengthening BCG's procurement and supply chain capabilities in South America.

Cologne, June 15, 2026. Germany’s AI boom is putting growing pressure on data center infrastructure. Grid capacity, faster permitting, and resilient supply chains will be key to maintaining competitiveness.

London, May 21, 2026. Businesses face an increasingly fragmented risk landscape, with supply shortages and cost volatility putting supply chains under pressure. Proactive, digitally enabled risk management is becoming key to strengthening resilience.

Chicago, February 02, 2026. As inflationary pressures, supply volatility and geopolitical uncertainty persist alongside rapid advances in technology, businesses in North America are operating in an environment not seen before.

London, Febuary 02, 2026 – Once considered low-cost alternatives, private labels have evolved into strategic assets for retailers and attractive choices for consumers. A new study by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Inverto reveals that private labels – especially in non-food categories – are becoming a decisive competitive advantage.

Cologne, January 02, 2026. Profit margins at the world’s twenty biggest luxury goods groups have slid from an average of 24% in 2022 to 13% now*, research from supply chain experts Inverto, part of Boston Consulting Group shows.

Cologne,15 September 2025 – Inverto, the procurement and supply chain management subsidiary of Boston Consulting Group, today announced the next stage of its global expansion with the opening of three offices in Berlin, Bangkok and Riyadh.

Cologne/Berlin, 15 September 2025. Inverto, the Boston Consulting Group’s subsidiary specializing in procurement and supply chain management, is opening a new office in Berlin, thereby completing its coverage across Germany.

Inverto, subsidiary of Boston Consulting Group specializing in procurement and supply chain management, is strengthening its leadership team: Daniela Klotz (40) in Vienna and Sven Brüggeboes (36) in Cologne have been promoted to Managing Directors.

Katharina Erfort, Principal and Recruitment Director at global supply chain management consultancy Inverto, part of Boston Consulting Group, has been named in Management Today’s 35 Women under 35.

The threat of a wine shortage in the UK due to a strike at one of the UK’s leading bottling plants is another warning to businesses to take steps in-order to better mitigate against disruptions in the supply chain says management consultancy Inverto.

Köln - In vielen Unternehmen gilt Dekarbonisierung ausschließlich als Kostenfaktor. Dabei lassen sich Kosteneffizienz und ein geringerer CO2-Ausstoß gemeinsam erreichen. Auf der Chemspec Europe am 4. und 5. Juni in Köln zeigen Quantis und Inverto, beide Teil der Boston Consulting Group, wie Betriebe aus der Chemischen Industrie Emissionen entlang der Lieferkette senken und gleichzeitig Kosten optimieren.

LONDON – The risk landscape for companies has changed significantly. Instead of individual dominant factors, businesses are now facing a variety of equally critical risks – including cost pressures, geopolitical uncertainties, supply chain disruptions, and regulatory requirements.

LONDON – Patrick Lepperhoff and Stéphane Crosnier of management consultancy Inverto, part of Boston Consulting Group, explain why the tariff changes are been seen by corporates as a boardroom level crisis and what companies should be doing next.