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Negotiating day-rates
Q: I have a vital consultancy supplier that I think is charging too much per day. It is willing to offer a discount if we commit to buying a bigger block of man days than we need at the moment. This is not a supplier that we can easily drop, so how should
Buying Legal Services
6 December 2005 London
Online price mistakes
Q: One of my buyers ordered audiovisual equipment on a website advertised at a very low price and received messages from the seller onscreen and by e-mail that his order had been accepted. Our bank account was also debited. Then they sent us an e-mail ref
Organisational change
I work for a large retail company in a high-profile purchasing function run by a director with more than 15 years’ experience. The department is responsible for retail products and non-retail business services. My boss is leaving, and purchasing is to be
A league of their own
BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY - O2 O2’s online league table of self-assessed supplier performance has led to closer relationships and bigger savings, reports Anusha Bradley
World Steel Conference_2
6-8 March 2005 Abbaye de Neumünster, Luxembourg
Practical Contract Law
5-6 July 2005 Rubens Hotel, London
Outsourcing Insourcing
Per Jenster, Henrik Pedersen, Patricia Plackett and David Hussey Wiley, £24.95 3/5
Personal Effectiveness
Diana Winstanley CIPD Publishing, £32.99 4/5
Entrepreneurs required
Public bodies should take a leaf out of the private sector’s book on
e-procurement if they are to meet demanding savings targets, argues Peter Robbins
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