Supermarket Tesco has begun a six-week web-based e-procurement pilot for stationery and consumables, including plastic and paper bags, for its bakery and meat departments.
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Use of the purchasing card by civil servants may not reach its final savings target despite its success so far, the government has been warned.
Logistics operators entering the world of electronic retailing have been warned to focus on customer service and worry less about technology.
An office and IT supplies firm has claimed that recent changes to the dominant formats of e-commerce have made life easier for suppliers, writes Elizabeth Bellamy.
UK companies need to raise their awareness of information security standards or risk being sued, e-commerce experts have warned.
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is to join mobile phone company Vodafone to study the effect of wireless application protocol (Wap) technologies on the government’s e-procurement agenda.
Anglo-Dutch food and personal grooming products company Unilever is to “encourage” its suppliers to adopt the euro, but will not enforce them to use it.
A major online marketplace for local authorities will be piloted this autumn in an attempt to save up to 70 per cent of their £27.5 billion annual spend on goods and services.
Companies will increasingly be forced to adopt a more transparent supply chain to prove they have an ethical trading policy if they wish to avoid being targeted by activists.