Unnecessary procurement costs in recruitment could be removed by outsourcing the process, new research suggests.
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A senior economic adviser to the UK government has rejected claims that small and medium-sized companies are often badly run and said the government will continue encouraging them to bid for public-sector contracts.
Women need to enhance their assertiveness, team-building and leadership skills to get ahead in procurement, delegates were told at the ISM conference.
An estimated half of all IT outsourcing deals in Europe fail to meet expectations, according to a year-long study of more than 20 companies in major deals.
Employers in the UK are more likely to discipline staff for excessive or inappropriate use of e-mail than the Internet, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Marketing and purchasing professionals still have some way to go before they work more effectively together, according to the latest quarterly procurement survey from spend management company Ariba.
Years of continuous cuts to supply chain costs are coming to an end, according to a new survey by consultancy AT Kearney and the European Logistics Association.
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TV impressionist Alistair McGowan will host the CIPS Supply Management Awards presentation dinner in London this autumn.