Issues including oil price rises and this year’s “bra wars”pose a threat to low-cost country sourcing. Alex Coxon looks at how purchasers can keep their offshore supplies moving
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The recruitment-to-recruitment sector is fed up with its bad image - which is where its code of practice comes in. We listened in at the first roundtable meeting of the REC’s specialist group
Recruiters and outplacement companies are beginning to learn that they are really two sides of the same coin - which could be good news for both
Many procurement teams don't research markets, suppliers and internal requirements properly, leaving them at risk of poor decision-making, says Alan Day
The public and private sectors could seriously damage local communities in their drive to trade electronically with suppliers, warns Peter Duschinsky
Consumers are buying online in ever-increasing numbers, yet businesses seem altogether less enthusiastic. AT wonders why so many companies still don’t ‘get’ e-procurement.
WINNER Best people development initiative
GlaxoSmithKline
A learning programme that drew on the work of both companies in a high-profile merger has helped to save millions
WINNER Most improved purchasing operation
Metropolitan Police Service
Law enforcement in London now gets effective back-up from a reformed purchasing department
In a previous study zone feature July 1003 I considered the fundamentals of process costing. This article follows on and explores the valuation of work-in-progress.
The landscape for purchasing professionals could be in for dramatic changes in the next five years, from the rise of China to the demise of ‘just-in-time’. Malcolm Wheatley identifies the major trends