The world’s biggest car maker is to have all its suppliers conduct their business proposals electronically through Covisint, the sector’s major online trading exchange, starting in November.
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The University of Nottingham has saved 17 per cent on bulk photocopying paper in a pioneering e-auction link-up with the private sector.
MG Rover Group is to cut supply chain and purchasing costs by 20 per cent in a major initiative that will see many of its engineers working with suppliers.
29 April 2003 - London
Cocoa buyers will face extra responsibility for monitoring their supply chains following a worldwide move to stamp out child labour, an ethical trading specialist has warned.
Railtrack is being urged by senior industry figures to share its experiences of supply chain partnering, despite its apparent failures with the approach.
Electricity buyers are set to clash with suppliers after two leading consumer groups called on them to refuse any deals that are at, or above, inflation.
Organisations implementing e-procurement systems are making a big mistake if they attempt to manage online catalogues themselves.
Bob Hamlin, Jane Keep and Ken Ash
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Stephen Byers, the trade and industry secretary, has asked the European Commission to investigate possible anti-competitive behaviour by firms using the interconnector gas pipeline between Britain and Europe.