No more Mister Chips
13 September 2012
After he was caught up in the e-procurement gold rush of the late 1990s, Andy Brown now puts more faith in people than technology. He talks to Celia Poole
There’s a cheque hanging on the wall of Andy Brown’s office in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. It’s for the princely sum of £19.80 from Amazon.com and represents Brown’s last link with his one and only foray into e-procurement.
Like many others, he moved into e-commerce - Brown set up a purchasing and supply management website - to exploit the potential of the web at...