Into the future
13 September 2012
Revolutionised processes, whizz-kid technology and plenty of new challenges. Peter Stannack imagines what exciting prospects the years ahead might have in store for the world of purchasing and supply
The rate of technological change nowadays is so fast that predicting the future gets harder all the time. Who would have dreamt just 20 years ago that personal computers would soon become almost a necessity for homes and offices? Or that there would be a worldwide system of instantly exchanging information at the touch of a button? Or that one of the world’s...