Properly implemented self-booking tools could help procurement managers to cut staff, processing and transaction costs for travel.
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Andrew Cox, Chris Lonsdale, Joe Sanderson
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Texas Instruments has launched a new radio frequency identification (RFID) tag reader designed to keep track of the technology as industry standards change.
Small manufacturers have seen orders rise for the first time in over three years, with confidence climbing at the fastest rate since April 2002, according to the latest survey by the employers' organisation, the CBI.
Goodrich Corporation has appointed a new indirect buyer to reduce its supply base for indirect supplies by about 20 per cent.
Expenditure on the Government Procurement Card (GPC) doubled last year and efficiency savings of £50 million were made, according to its annual report.
Suppliers have a better chance of being paid on time if they threaten to charge interest on overdue payments, a new report claims.
The head of the Guild of Business Travel Agents (GBTA) has called for better relations between corporate travel managers and their outsourced travel management companies.
Craig Edwards has joined retail optician Specsavers as purchasing manager.
HEeP, an e-procurement marketplace for the higher education sector, is to offer Impaq's purchase order management system to encourage more university suppliers to trade electronically.