The BBC has drawn up a shortlist of bidders for its IT services arm as part of a £2 billion outsourcing project.
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Supply chain recruitment company Langley Search & Selection has created a new senior consultant role to keep pace with rising demand.
RMC UK cement division, part of one of the world's largest building materials and concrete suppliers, will bring its multi-million pound logistics operation in-house from November.
The Office of Government Commerce has rejected criticism that its announcement of £1.6 billion in savings are inaccurate and that it took credit for savings that were not its doing (see
University and college purchasers should use e-auctions more, according to the sector's procurement advisory body.
Ann Marie Cawkwell has been appointed to head Thompson Plastics' newly created group purchasing department. She will take on overall management of the whole group's buying process, consolidating teams in several locations in the UK.
Local councils are calling on the government to set up a contract for purchasing ballot packs in the wake of Britain's largest experiment in all-postal voting.
Nearly 60 per cent of purchasers believe that outsourcing procurement does not deliver on its promises, according to the latest Supply Management online poll.
Indigo Software is introducing demand planning software to help consumer goods manufacturers reduce over-production and stocks.
A plea for purchasers to foster local suppliers was made by business commentator and ex-purchaser Sir John Harvey-Jones.