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Supply chain savings may not save group_2
Troubled retail group Storehouse is looking to step up supply chain savings after posting a £15.7 million loss.

The retailer, whose half-year pre-tax loss contrasts with a £38.7 million profit in the same period last year, has told shareholders it will accelerate its on-going programme of supplier-base cuts at its Bhs and Mothercare stores.
Takeover spurs truck component economies_2
Truck manufacturer ERF has succeeded in wresting a 10 per cent saving from its £100 million-plus procurement budget after its takeover by truck company MAN nine months ago.
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Bank launches system for business market_2
Barclays Bank is launching an end-to-end service in a attempt to secure a dominant share of the business-to-business e-commerce market.
‘Good data exchange is key to e-commerce’_2
UK retailers with worldwide trading interests must improve the accuracy of the data they exchange with suppliers for e-commerce to succeed, an industry group has claimed.
Government sets out best-practice advice_2
The government has launched a best- practice procurement guide as part of its move towards helping public-sector organisations, including the new Office of Government Commerce (OGC), to improve their purchasing.
Academic body grants purchasers more say_2
Practitioners are to be given a louder voice in purchasing’s international body for research and education.
Audit office endorses outsourcing scheme_2
National Savings has won approval from the National Audit Office for its radical purchasing scheme, with outsourcing specialists Siemens Business Services (SBS), a year after it started.
SMEs get e-commerce advice in £5m scheme_2
The Welsh Development Agency (WDA) is helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to get wired up for e-commerce, writes David Arminas.
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