Radio frequency identification (RFID) has not lived up to expectations or the hype so far, delegates at the Logistics and Supply Chain Forum heard recently.
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20-21 January 2005
Café Royal, London
Welsh Assembly finance minister Sue Essex urged delegates at the principality’s first all-public-sector procurement conference to think about sustainable supply chains when tendering.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has put the British International Motor Show out to tender.
Purchasers must be exceptionally skilful in managing strategic supplier relationships if they want to avoid the problems of Japanese car firm Nissan.
Public-sector procurement practices have come under fire once again after Unison linked falling standards of hospital cleanliness with the contracting out process.
Local council purchasers would face lower savings targets if the Conservatives win the next general election, according to a party spokesman.
International construction firm Taylor Woodrow has appointed John Lohan as head of construction supplier development.
Retailer Boots is set to sign a multi-million pound deal with IBM to outsource all of the administration of its indirect procurement operation.
Debt on credit cards in the UK has increased by more than 50 per cent in the last four years and now totals more than £50 billion, according to a survey by market analysts Datamonitor.