A supply chain specialist offering consortium-style buying for the public sector is hoping to extend its services to private organisations with a free e-procurement system.
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Cross-industry purchasing skills are to be recognised in three new categories in the fourth annual Kelly’s CIPS Awards for Excellence in Purchasing and Supply.
Local sourcing is still too low on supermarkets’ agendas, a year after the foot and mouth crisis broke out.
One in seven items in shops are out of stock because most retailers operate a “one-size-fits-all” supply chain, according to a new report.
Best practice e-procurement processes can more than halve purchasing time and costs, according to the second phase of a CIPS-sponsored project.
California’s state procurement agency is set to be shut down after auditors reported that its purchase of computer software could cost taxpayers $41 million more than necessary.
UK private-sector firms are close to reaping bigger benefits from e-business, according a survey commissioned by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
Supermarkets have rejected demands for targets on how much of their food products should be sourced locally.
Purchasers in local government should not “bust a gut” and rush to meet the government’s target for e-procurement, according to the chair of the CIPS information systems committee.
Britain is set to become the first country in the world to procure environmentally friendly wooden sleepers on its railways.