Achilles, the global supply chain management company, expects to save the UK rail industry more than £5.5m per year through the launch of Link-up Engage – the advanced portal used to register and prequalify suppliers. The innovation comes after the ADL report, produced on behalf of RSSB, revealed that improving supplier assurance processes in rail could save the industry £35m per year. Peter Rowlands is the assurance manager at Alan Dick Communications – a buyer and supplier member of Achilles Link-up. Speaking about the launch of Link-Up Engage he said, “Link –up Engage is a better reflection of the industry and more truly represents its capability and depth. It caters for the larger operations with the greater capability right through to a lone supplier with a single product. It enables all 115 buyers on the system to see and select suppliers based on clear and relevant information and all suppliers – however small, to be visible to the industry in the best possible light.”