British Airways has warned advertising company M&C Saatchi that it may end the agency’s £60 million-a-year deal.
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Public-sector buyers could benefit from improved supplier deals as the Office of Government Commerce’s procurement aims to make its prenegotiated contracts easier to use.
Barclays Group hopes a move to centralise its procurement function will save it an additional £20 million in the next 12 months.
American Express and British Airways have settled a three-year row that forced purchasers to pay the processing fee on certain fares booked with payment cards.
E-auctions have allowed the NHS to "set the true market price" of supplies.
Travel is a commodity and travel managers who do not take this view are “outdated”, according to Barry Edwards, senior director of worldwide supply chain management at McDonald’s.
Technology suppliers will face “more scrutiny and intervention” under a government strategy to transform public sector IT projects.
BT has incorporated a train-booking programme to the online travel service that has already saved the company £7.5 million.
The strategic input of procurement has increased dramatically since 2000 and purchasing professionals are set to increase the range of their responsibilities, according to a new report.
Purchasers should be able to boost procurement efficiency, reduce delivery times and improve specification of goods and services, following the introduction next year of the world’s first standard for partnering.