BBC starts with travel as part of faster e-orders_2
17 August 2012
The BBC has unified its electronic catalogues and has begun e-ordering with 10 preferred suppliers. The move is part of a larger process to speed up its online ordering.
Transport and travel are among the first services to be automated, with staff using a combination of purchasing cards and web-based booking and ordering systems.
As part of the initiative, BBC purchasers have also begun to build, publish, evaluate and award electronic tenders.
Beverley Tew, head of procurement, said that centralising supplies in this way...