When purchasing and PR joined forces
13 September 2012
Since 1999, Unisys has streamlined its procurement and the department is keen to promote its abilities to colleagues. Mark Whitehead looks at how the IT company made purchasing a priority
Walk into the head office of Unisys in Uxbridge, a few miles up the M40 going west out of London, and you’re confronted by a message. “Working with procurement is the intelligent choice,” says a poster placed strategically near the entrance. “When you need clever ideas to increase margin, communicate with procurement,” says another.
In a modern design involving...