Poor communication between purchasing managers and other employees is the main cause of high levels of non-compliant spending on indirect goods, according to new research.
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Purchasers are seeking extra training and support to help them cope with the projected increase in demands on staff after the government unveiled plans to boost NHS spending in last month’s budget.
One thing that the American research community has got and we have not is big bucks (and, for that matter, big books). This particular text is the result of yet another four-year $1 million research project, this time at the University of Maryland’s Supply Chain Management Centre.
As US business struggles with the mammoth task of rebuilding its confidence after last week's terrorist attacks in the US, supply chain professionals on both sides of the Atlantic will be counting the cost of tighter security measures for transportation o
Ian Taylor
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Ignorance about e-procurement in the fast-moving financial services sector is far more widespread than at first thought, according to a new survey.
Mike Cunningham
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Utilities buyers could face a double set of electricity price increases for the April negotiations, after energy regulator Ofgem postponed the New Electricity Trading Arrangements (Neta) this month.