Some electronic marketplaces will make a profit by the end of this year, a leading figure in the e-commerce world has predicted.
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Banks are having to rethink their purchasing card charges because of one-off purchases that were larger than expected, writes Elizabeth Bellamy.
A global supply-chain standardisation project has saved pharmaceutical giant SmithKline Beecham (SB) millions of pounds and cut supply lead times by up to three weeks, writes Elizabeth Bellamy.
The shelving of water industry deregulation has been blamed by Michael Meacher, the environment minister, on a large response to consultation.
UK manufacturing companies’ investment in IT has equalled investment in machine tools and process and plant equipment for the first time, according to a new survey.
Buyers should focus on cost-reduction strategies as well saving money, Gordon Murray, procurement adviser at the Institute of Public Finance, told the Society of Procurement Officers in local government’s (Sopo) annual conference.
Consignia has chosen to use a single supplier for its £40 million annual IT hardware and new software budget after considering proposals from the two suppliers in its existing dual supply framework.
Q: I am a travel manager in a medium-sized firm. I think we could save money by moving to a transaction-fee arrangement with our travel agent, but I am finding it hard to persuade my procurement director to do this. He says it will be too complicated and
The public-private partnership scheme has suffered a huge blow with the collapse of a major contract between IT services supplier Capita and Lambeth council.