The London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) will this month evaluate equipment from prospective suppliers in preparation for what is believed to be higher education’s first inter-consortia PC contract.
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A pioneering scheme to persuade large companies in Sheffield to increase their local buying could become a national initiative if it is successful.
Purchasing skills learnt on the job helped procurement professional Jackie Carey come close to winning the £1 million jackpot on the recent television series Survivor.
Published promotional rates for hotel rooms may be cheaper than negotiated company rates as hotels respond to cutbacks in corporate travel budgets.
Online marketplaces are dying out because the risks they pose outweigh the benefits to suppliers, a procurement service provider has claimed.
A supply chain specialist offering consortium-style buying for the public sector is hoping to extend its services to private organisations with a free e-procurement system.
Cross-industry purchasing skills are to be recognised in three new categories in the fourth annual Kelly’s CIPS Awards for Excellence in Purchasing and Supply.
Local sourcing is still too low on supermarkets’ agendas, a year after the foot and mouth crisis broke out.
One in seven items in shops are out of stock because most retailers operate a “one-size-fits-all” supply chain, according to a new report.
Best practice e-procurement processes can more than halve purchasing time and costs, according to the second phase of a CIPS-sponsored project.