Janet Dixon has been promoted from strategic buyer to purchasing executive at Siemens Traffic Controls, the traffic management division of Siemens UK.
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Masterlink, a London-based e-document exchange and integration company, has launched a managed e-business platform called Express that enables small firms to send documents to their partners' clients irrespective of technology.
Tokyo is the most expensive city in the world, a position it also held last year, according to research carried out by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. London is the second dearest place to live, replacing Moscow, which now comes in third.
Procurement professionals buying in logistics have been warned they must be ready to change their own internal processes if they want their supply chains to remain competitive.
Purchasers need high-quality communication skills when they develop a corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy, according to Jason Middleton, founder of new consultancy Aequalitas.
Purchasing managers have had the biggest salary increase of all procurement professionals with an annual rise of 8.3 per cent to £64,949, according to the latest quarterly survey by recruitment consultant Purcon.
Software giant Oracle is rolling out two applications designed to tackle contracts and services in procurement, joining the other products in the Advanced Procurement software suite.
Wakefield Borough Council has appointed four people to head its new procurement department.
Purchasers should forge closer ties with their IT departments to make sure their systems work more effectively, according to a leading analyst.