An online marketplace for the logistics industry has been launched, linking logistics and purchasing professionals with more than 23,000 suppliers.
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An online marketplace for the logistics industry has been launched, linking logistics and purchasing professionals with more than 23,000 suppliers.
Cranfield School of Management is launching an MSc in logistics and supply chain management. The programme, which combines online learning with a series of residential courses at Cranfield, is aimed at managers who want to gain a recognised qualification without giving up full-time employment. For more information, visit Cranfield’s website at www.cranfield.ac.uk.
The website for the e-envoy, Alex Allan, has been extended to include statistics charting the progress of e-commerce in the UK.
A Japanese automotive components company is to set up its manufacturing headquarters in Ammanford, south Wales.
This is the seventh year that the UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has published the UK R&D Scoreboard (available free from the DTI’s innovation department on 020 7215 1994). Buyers should, at the least, be aware of its existence, especially those involved in purchasing leading-edge technology.
The Bristol home of the MoD’s Defence Procurement Agency will open to the public on 11 September. The £254 million Abbey Wood headquarters has won several landscaping and design awards since the 98-acre site opened in 1996. Sir Robert Walmsley, chief of defence procurement, said that, based on the success of last year’s first-ever open day, the event was likely to be popular.
The focus in the car industry may be cost, but it does not mean partnerships are being ignored, says Rob Johnson
Mazda, the Japanese car-maker, is encouraging its suppliers to enter equity alliances with foreign component makers. The group is to begin weeding out its supplier base and wants its parts makers to meet international standards in areas including cost and technology. James Miller, Mazda president, said relationships with global parts groups would be formed within six months.
While aerospace buyers and suppliers have recognised the benefits of integrated project teams (IPTs), many are being put off by difficulties in implementation, industry experts have warned. Rob Crook, chair of the steering committee of Supply Chain Relationships in Aerospace (Scria), said a lack of generic guidelines was part of the problem.