An e-procurement marketplace for purchasers at further education colleges across England, Wales and Northern Ireland is to begin trading next month.
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Investment bank Schroders will launch a web-based electronic procurement package for its information technology products and services early next year.
Around 100 invoices a day are generated for IT items, ranging from disks to PCs. The aim is transform this into a virtually paperless process, according to Robert Knott, head of procurement services at the bank.
Around 100 invoices a day are generated for IT items, ranging from disks to PCs. The aim is transform this into a virtually paperless process, according to Robert Knott, head of procurement services at the bank.
A draft European Union directive forcing companies in the electrical sector to make their supply chains environmentally friendly will prove costly for the UK industry, a lobby group has warned.
More than three-quarters of Supply Management’s readers rate the magazine either very useful or fairly useful in their job, and more than two-thirds keep it for future reference, according to a recent readership survey.
Figures produced for CIPS show that Hong Kong’s economy is continuing to suffer in line with the global downturn.
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has raised the stakes for e-procurement in central government with two major projects: an e-tendering pilot and a new executive agency for online purchasing.
Purchasing within higher education will become “more client-focused”, according to the new chairman of the Association of University Purchasing Officers.
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Reckitt Benckiser, the world’s largest household cleaning products manufacturer, will renegotiate contract terms with suppliers to make savings.
Future users of online trading exchanges will be looking for hubs with a solid financial footing that prove they help with supply chain efficiencies, according to the new boss of marketplace GroupTrade.