Vauxhall Motors’ director of supply, Karen Leggio, was going to be a sports reporter until she spent a summer working at General Motors. The first woman on the firm’s board tells David Arminas about her strategic approach to work
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Local government has been accused of dragging its heels on e-procurement. But, as Sam Tulip discovers, there is plenty of activity going on behind the scenes
Academic research has its critics, but have attitudes changed in the nine years that the International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association has been working? Mark Whitehead reports from its annual conference in Canada
A controversial new US law may have implications for software users around the world. IT buyers must find out as much as they can about it, warns Paul Abbiati
British Airways has revolutionised its supply chain processes with an extranet system that has slashed its overstocking problem and saved it millions of pounds. Gareth Mytton reports
Candidates often battle with the case study question on the strategy paper. CIPS chief examiner Alexis Brooks offers some useful tips that could make you better armed to answer it
CIPS’s first female president takes up her post today. But as Geraint John discovers, she is more concerned that purchasers see the wider business picture than with her own milestone
The World Bank’s aid purchasing operations have influenced other huge organisations, the European Union among them. But they are outdated, inefficient and waste millions of pounds, says Tim Tucker
The new Competition Act, which came into force last week, is ushering in some radical changes to UK commercial law. Ian Longdin examines its likely impact
Every year, students sitting the compulsory CIPS professional stage case study paper make similar errors. John Ireland offers some tips on answering the questions successfully