Purchasing card providers are having to change their tactics but, handled correctly, electronic commerce could provide an opportunity rather than a threat. Alexis Nolan reports
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Testing products according to how they will be used in practice can help purchasers to make smarter decisions, says Chris Evans
Wal-Mart’s arrival is sending shock waves through the UK supermarket sector. Mark Whitehead looks at how its trademark cost-cutting zeal is affecting suppliers, and its main rivals
Corruption is becoming more widespread. And as procurement staff gain more strategic positions within companies, they must help to tackle the problem. In the first of a three-part series, Peter Sammons reports on the fight against the hidden costs of frau
The dotcom bubble may have burst, but new AOLR chairman Bill Shipton believes the online sector can have a healthy future. And he is determined his trade association will be setting the standard
Alison Parker, alloys and metals buyer at steel producer Avesta Sheffield, knows the importance of keeping suppliers on side. This year’s winner of CIPS’s Hart medal tells Helen Riley how she helps to manage the firm’s lean supply chain
Life isn’t all sunny money in California’s Silicon Valley. There, business means business-to-business and IT firms are hard at work developing the latest software products to meet purchasers’ needs, says Marcia MacLeod
Graham Sadd, chief executive of the as yet unprofitable e-commerce company Infobank, is unashamedly non-techie. He is also about to hit the big time, he assures Mark Whitehead
East Midlands Electricity’s move into online purchasing earlier this year made utilities history. Jim Whittaker describes the processes involved in adopting an electronic marketplace
Who owns copyright, for what and under what terms is an increasingly important issue for buyers. Paul Abbiati explains why companies need to define exactly what they buy