Two universities are extending their e-procurement programmes by implementing an e-marketplace tool for purchasing laboratory supplies.
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Systems management specialist Altiris is aiming for better purchasing decisions and tracking of IT assets with the new version of its management solution.
Pioneering US biotechnology firm Genentech has begun to restructure procurement in order to handle a 35 per cent increase in its third- party budget.
Alistair Cameron and Peter Mudd have been appointed corporate procurement officers at South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in a move to set up a best-practice advisory service.
Purchasing cards are set to be used more widely and for higher-value purchases following a launch by MasterCard and Burns e-Commerce Solutions.
The growth rate of Britain's manufacturing sector increased in November, the fifth successive monthly rise, signalling a strong beginning to the new year.
A consortium of local authorities in Essex has joined forces in a bid to improve the county's public-sector purchasing.
12 February 2004
SMMT, London
Purchasers buying Indonesian timber under a new initiative to put barcodes on trees to certify them as legally harvested should be aware that the wood may still not be ethically produced.
Purchasers have been urged to protect the reputation of their businesses after the number of corporate fraud cases doubled last year.