The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (Pasa) has cut its electricity use by 21 per cent and gas by 17 per cent, according to the agency’s first annual environmental report.
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UK purchasers asked to pay sweeteners abroad could face up to seven years in jail under new anti-terrorism legislation aimed at wiping out corruption.
UK firms should pay more attention to their supply strategies or they could lose business to German companies.
The trend towards globalisation of procurement departments has increased the chance that purchasers will confront corruption and bribery, according to CIPS.
An African court ruling on several international building firms’ involvement in a bribery scandal could thwart their chances of securing future World Bank funding for major projects.
Sterling Commerce is offering a hosted service for companies wishing to outsource their e-business applications.
A new online service claims to enable purchasers to make informed calculations of the potential savings to be made through e-procurement and to build long-term procurement best practice.
Peter Williams, the past CIPS president who joins the QP Group consultancy at the end of this month, believes his new employer is stealing a march on its competitors by developing a practice to deal specifically with buying marketing services.
The terrorist attacks of 11 September have had surprisingly little impact on long-term freight and supply chain plans, according to the first major analysis of their effect.