UK firms should pay more attention to their supply strategies or they could lose business to German companies.
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The trend towards globalisation of procurement departments has increased the chance that purchasers will confront corruption and bribery, according to CIPS.
An African court ruling on several international building firms’ involvement in a bribery scandal could thwart their chances of securing future World Bank funding for major projects.
Sterling Commerce is offering a hosted service for companies wishing to outsource their e-business applications.
A new online service claims to enable purchasers to make informed calculations of the potential savings to be made through e-procurement and to build long-term procurement best practice.
Peter Williams, the past CIPS president who joins the QP Group consultancy at the end of this month, believes his new employer is stealing a march on its competitors by developing a practice to deal specifically with buying marketing services.
The terrorist attacks of 11 September have had surprisingly little impact on long-term freight and supply chain plans, according to the first major analysis of their effect.
Industrial supplies distributor RS Components has launched a free e-procurement service to devolve purchasing across firms.
Collaborative relationships are in danger of collapse during mergers and takeovers unless supply chain managers keep suppliers well informed.