28-30 October 2002
Hotel Okura, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hotel Okura, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Purchasers at Thomson Travel Group (TTG) will seek savings by working closely with their German counterparts within the Preussag Group, which bought the UK company last summer.
Firms are abandoning just-in-time practices and keeping high levels of stock, according to new research by corporate barter firm Active International.
Suppliers to Vauxhall’s Luton plant have been guaranteed future contracts with other Vauxhall or General Motors plants when it closes at the end of the year, according to the car maker.
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The London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) will this month evaluate equipment from prospective suppliers in preparation for what is believed to be higher education’s first inter-consortia PC contract.
A pioneering scheme to persuade large companies in Sheffield to increase their local buying could become a national initiative if it is successful.
Purchasing skills learnt on the job helped procurement professional Jackie Carey come close to winning the £1 million jackpot on the recent television series Survivor.
Published promotional rates for hotel rooms may be cheaper than negotiated company rates as hotels respond to cutbacks in corporate travel budgets.
Online marketplaces are dying out because the risks they pose outweigh the benefits to suppliers, a procurement service provider has claimed.