Supply Management Guide to Purchasing Cards - Editor’s introduction
28 August 2012
A revival on the cards
It is almost five years to the day since Supply Management last published a supplement on the subject of purchasing cards. The late 1990s saw a flurry of interest in this new purchasing tool, with even national newspapers such as
But then came the e-commerce boom and, in particular, the hype around e-procurement. Faced with the choice of a humble plastic card or an all-singing, all-dancing IT solution, many in the purchasing and finance communities (not to mention directors on main boards) opted for the latter.
Inevitably, the time, energy and passion needed to make purchasing card...