The employment of temporary staff is usually beyond purchasing’s remit. But the function can play a key role in making sure a company gets value for money in this often-overlooked area of business, say Ray Cobbett and Sian Pearce
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In the last of three articles on travel management, Amon Cohen explains why setting up a travel site on the company intranet produces benefits for both travellers and purchasers
Supply chains are difficult creatures to control, says John Matthews, and that is where sourcing planning pays off. Here he explains how supply chain analysis plays its part
International procurement manager Dave Hawkins tells Alexis Nolan how Mitsui Babcock Energy was faced with going global or going bust
In the third part of a series charting supply chain change at British Airways Engineering, Alexis Nolan reports on a new focus on inventory management
Despite his hard-nosed, wheeler-dealer image, John Fogerty, Nike’s US-based global procurement manager, believes in giving people a free reign. David Arminas finds out what it’s like to be in his shoes
The need to satisfy increasing demand to a growing number of outlets, including home deliveries, led Virgin Cosmetics to reshape its supply chain. Helen Riley explains how the company is now better able to deliver anything from a single lipstick to truckl
The Irish recruitment industry is coming to terms with the decline and fall of high-flyer Marlborough. But where did it all go wrong?
Tax column
The court case and the outcry aside, IR35 has presented tax practitioners with some difficulties but what sort of changes need to be made?
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