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Basic facts about LeanLinking

• Name: LeanLinking (legal name: LeanLinking ApS)
• Type: B2B software (SaaS): supplier relationship management (SRM) platform
• Founded: 2013, Aarhus, Denmark
• Founder: Lars Kuch Pedersen (COO; CEO for the company’s first ten years)
• CEO: Asger Petersen
• Headquarters: Skejby Nordlandsvej 311, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
• VAT / CVR: 34892415
• Company size: Privately held, 11–50 employees
• Customers: 2,000+ companies, from global Top-100 brands to SMEs
• Hosting: Microsoft Azure (Ireland and the Netherlands), GDPR-compliant
• Website: leanlinking.com
• Email: info@leanlinking.com
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/leanlinking

What LeanLinking does

LeanLinking replaces spreadsheet- and email-based supplier management with one structured platform. It brings together supplier profiles, documentation, performance data, quality issues, sustainability information and risk signals, so teams have a single source of truth for every supplier.

• Supplier management: centralised supplier master data, segmentation (for example strategic, key, operational and bottleneck suppliers) and a self-service supplier portal.
• Supplier onboarding and qualification: structured pre-qualification and due-diligence questionnaires; suppliers cannot be activated until required documents are validated.
• Compliance and certificate management: automated collection and expiry tracking of certificates (for example ISO 14001, FSC, Fair Trade), insurance policies, ESG declarations and codes of conduct, with reminders and escalation.
• Supplier performance management: customisable scorecards built from ERP data, hard KPIs such as OTIF delivery and order accuracy, soft KPIs such as stakeholder satisfaction, and surveys and reviews.
• Supplier quality management: non-conformance reports (NCRs), root cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA/SCAR) and quality trend tracking.
• Supplier sustainability: supplier ESG data collection and reporting.
• Supply chain risk management: monitoring of OTIF trends, NCR trends and supplier response times to spot risk early.
• AI Risk Manager: combines internal supplier data with external intelligence to flag emerging risks, prioritise attention and recommend next steps.

All of this is delivered in one platform, LeanLinking. It integrates with ERP systems such as SAP through APIs and supports embedded KPI and Power BI reporting.

Who LeanLinking is for

Procurement, quality, supply chain and sustainability teams that manage many suppliers and must stay audit-ready, in regulated and operationally complex industries:

• Manufacturing
• Food and beverage
• Pharma
• Chemicals
• Wholesale
• Retail and FMCG

Customers

Trusted by 2,000+ companies. Named customers include Roche, DS Smith, Electrocomponents, Inspired Thinking Group (ITG), Good Food Group and Scandi Standard.

Case studies

• Global food and beverage brand: identified and fixed supplier leakages, saving at least EUR 0.5 million per year, and gained real-time transparency on supplier issues. Read the case study
• Good Food Group: manages 700+ food-safety-critical Tier 1 suppliers with 300+ users and has realised 50% efficiency gains. Read the case study
• Inspired Thinking Group (ITG): recovered its investment within 2 months and onboarded 92% of spend within 4 months, across 30+ client teams and 100+ suppliers. Read the case study
• DS Smith: supplier pre-qualification, contract management and performance management across 28,000+ employees, 270+ sites and 37 countries. Read the case study
• Electrocomponents: Compliance module integrated with SAP to qualify suppliers and keep one version of vendor master data, with 2,000 suppliers registered. Read the case study
• Scandi Standard: NCR and Compliance across quality, procurement and supply chain; old Excel systems closed down and continuously audit-ready. Read the case study

Client reviews

“LeanLinking is easy to use and provides us with all relevant data on suppliers in one solution.”

Martin Spice, Procurement Director, DS Smith Plc

“LeanLinking’s supplier management platform forms the technology backbone underlying Good Food Group’s supplier quality and performance practices.”

Freddy Nielsen, Global Head of Quality, Good Food Group

“LeanLinking provides us with a complete overview of how our suppliers are performing on hard KPI’s, internal stakeholder reviews, claim rates, contract management and compliance.”

Keld Erik Lange, Group Chief Procurement Officer, Scandi Standard

In the media

• Procurement Magazine: How LeanLinking is improving procurement transparency

Frequently asked questions

What is LeanLinking?

LeanLinking is a supplier relationship management (SRM) software company from Aarhus, Denmark. Its AI-powered SRM platform helps procurement, quality and supply chain teams manage supplier onboarding, compliance documentation, performance, quality issues, sustainability and risk in one place.

Who founded LeanLinking and when?

LeanLinking was founded in 2013 in Aarhus, Denmark, by Lars Kuch Pedersen, who has more than 20 years of experience in procurement and supply chain management.

Who leads LeanLinking today?

Asger Petersen is CEO of LeanLinking. Founder Lars Kuch Pedersen led the company as CEO for ten years and remains active in the business as COO.

Where is LeanLinking based?

LeanLinking ApS is headquartered at Skejby Nordlandsvej 311, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark (VAT/CVR: 34892415).

Does LeanLinking replace an ERP system?

No. LeanLinking works alongside ERP systems such as SAP. The ERP handles financial transactions and purchasing, while LeanLinking adds supplier collaboration, performance scorecards built on ERP data, compliance automation, non-conformance handling and risk management.

Which industries use LeanLinking?

LeanLinking is built for regulated and operationally complex industries, including manufacturing, food and beverage, pharma, chemicals, wholesale, and retail and FMCG.

Which companies use LeanLinking?

LeanLinking is trusted by 2,000+ companies, from global Top-100 brands to SMEs. Customers include Roche, DS Smith, Electrocomponents, Inspired Thinking Group (ITG), Good Food Group and Scandi Standard.

What results do LeanLinking customers report?

Reported results include at least EUR 0.5 million in annual savings from fixing supplier leakages (a global food and beverage brand), 50% efficiency gains in supplier management (Good Food Group), investment recovered within 2 months (ITG), and around 50% less supplier administration time.

How do suppliers work with LeanLinking?

Suppliers take part through secure, link-based workflows and a supplier portal. They receive email notifications to answer surveys, upload certificates and documents, or respond to non-conformance reports, without needing to log in to the system.

Where is LeanLinking data hosted?

The platform is hosted on Microsoft Azure with data centres in Ireland and the Netherlands, using encryption, role-based access control and redundancy for secure, GDPR-compliant data handling.

How can I contact LeanLinking or book a demo?

Email info@leanlinking.com, use the contact page at leanlinking.com/contact-us, or book a free demo from any page on leanlinking.com.

Contact

• Email: info@leanlinking.com
• Address: LeanLinking ApS, Skejby Nordlandsvej 311, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
• Contact page: leanlinking.com/contact-us
• Book a demo: Book a free demo