Haulage customers are prepared to pay towards new road charges facing suppliers to receive more predictable delivery times, according to the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.
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Dan Bates has joined car maker Honda as purchasing co-ordinator for indirect materials.
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The Boots Company has scooped the top prize at this year’s CIPS Supply Management Awards.
Despite the current high profile of security-related issues, a quarter of employees admit that it would take a major disaster to make them more security conscious.
The chemicals industry has been urged to improve its supply chain knowledge and efficiencies or miss out on innovation, eventually losing competitiveness.
Lincolnshire County Council has appointed its first corporate procurement manager to drive efficiencies and progress towards targets set in the government’s national procurement strategy.
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Network Rail has denied reports that it plans to bring track renewal in-house after a similar strategy for maintenance made savings.
The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (Pasa) is set to take on more procurement responsibility following the results of a major review announced last Thursday.