A small rise in new orders helped to slow the fall in UK manufacturing activity in June, according to the latest purchasing managers' index (PMI) report.
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20 September 2005
London
RFID licence fees may be scrapped after the UK communications regulator Ofcom launched a consultation on making the technology available free of charge to supply chain users.
Global steel prices will be lower in 2006 and shortages are unlikely, a US economist has predicted.
The Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO) is changing the way it equips its frontline forces following UK trials of priming equipment packs (PEPs).
Buyers must take responsibility for promoting an ethical supply chain, a pressure group has urged global retailers and brands.
How has Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) worked for you? Has it produced measurable benefits or enabled you to deliver savings? Whether the answer is “yes” or “no”, we’d like to know.
Paul Davies has been appointed director of a new body that will look for procurement savings across all police forces in England and Wales.
Purchasers are set to enjoy a wider choice of suppliers with a data processing system that allows smaller businesses to bid for contracts.
Amey has pulled put of a 10-year deal with West Berkshire Council after only three years because it had not made the expected profit.