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Seeking an indemnity from supplier
Q: We are a small manufacturing company based in Somerset. I have been asked to look at seeking an indemnity from suppliers against the potential damages, costs and expenses arising out of the supply of defective products. We are being asked similar quest
Network Rail axes purchasing staff
Up to 15 per cent of purchasing jobs are set to go at Network Rail under its plan to slash several billion more pounds off its operating budget by 2009.
Borrowing shock spurs savings hunt
Central government purchasers will be under increasing pressure to save money after the chancellor announced plans to crack down on government spending.
Zycus tool automates data analysis
Data analysis software designed to remove the manual line-by-line legwork required to determine indirect spend has been launched by US company Zycus.
Procedures for putting out tenders
Q: I am the finance director of an international non-profit educational organisation. At present, although some of our larger purchases - which include printing and cleaning - are put out to tender, we do not have any standard procedure for doing this. Ho
Business checklist: time and money
Managing commitment balances in project management.
Supply Chain Management in Defence
28-29 January 2004 The Hatton, London
Rail chief doubted repair strategy
Total outsourcing of all rail maintenance at Network Rail was always going to be fraught with problems, according to its recently departed director of supply chain.
Passion and tenacity drive winners
This year's winners of the two individual awards at the CIPS Supply Management Awards showed tenacity, passion and commitment to bottom-line savings.
More firms to outsource purchasing
More than half of UK companies will outsource part of their procurement operations by 2006, according to a new survey from consultancy Accenture.
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