The causes of most major failed outsourcing projects go back to before they were outsourced.
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30 November 2004
Melia White House, Regents Park, London
The procurement department at Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council has helped to broker a partnership deal that will see more than 20 council functions outsourced, including procurement itself.
Mark Jermy has been appointed head of procurement at Northamptonshire Police as the force seeks to rationalise its supply base.
10 March 2005
Hilton London Paddington
Purchasers outsourcing business in 2005 could benefit from a better choice of suppliers and cheaper contracts, according to an industry expert.
Janet Dixon has been promoted from strategic buyer to purchasing executive at Siemens Traffic Controls, the traffic management division of Siemens UK.
3-4 June 2004
Bordeaux
Masterlink, a London-based e-document exchange and integration company, has launched a managed e-business platform called Express that enables small firms to send documents to their partners' clients irrespective of technology.
Tokyo is the most expensive city in the world, a position it also held last year, according to research carried out by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. London is the second dearest place to live, replacing Moscow, which now comes in third.