Q: I have been given responsibility for materials management at our manufacturing facility, where the stores department is also under my supervision. However, after a recent visit, auditors suggested that stores should be managed by finance. The principa
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21-22 October 2002
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The Golden Tulip Schipol, Amsterdam
The government wants its top procurement advisory body to vet future lottery hand-outs to avoid procurement debacles such as the proposed new Wembley National Stadium.
Colin Barrow
John Wiley, £9.99
Rating: 4/5
Hostility to the UK’s climate change levy is growing among power buyers, who fear that US back-tracking on its green commitments made in 1997 has burdened British industry with an unfair tax that will increase gas and electricity costs by up to 20 per cen
Trevor Kitching Gower, £39.50 Although one would imagine that a fair proportion of Trevor Kitching’s interviewees were not exactly forthcoming with information, Purchasing Scams and How to Avoid Them provides an essential guide to some of the more spectacular and commonplace ways to dupe the purchasing professional.
Travel managers are an important part of the fight against terrorist attacks and should get more recognition for this role, according to a leading academic.
Julian Birkinshaw and Stuart Crainer
Capstone, £12.99
Rating: 2/5
A multi-million pound deal to maintain vital hospital equipment has been thrown into chaos after the breakdown of talks over a national contract.