Purchasing professionals have welcomed the appointment of Andrew Pinder as the government’s e-envoy. But concerns about the role of the government’s ambassador responsible for promoting the take-up of electronic commerce within UK industry remain.
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London businesses and borough councils are being asked to buy recycled products made from the city’s rubbish in the initial phase of a new green purchasing code.
Purchasing professionals have much to offer in merger and acquisition discussions, but they must ensure their views reach and interest the boardroom, experts warned the Supply Chain Expo 2000 in London this month.
Marks & Spencer has blamed its worst-ever slump in profits on poor buying decisions stemming from a lack of communication with its customers.
“We have been criticised for taking our eye off the ball, and we probably did,” an M&S spokesperson told SM.
“We have been criticised for taking our eye off the ball, and we probably did,” an M&S spokesperson told SM.
Buyer and supplier partnerships are a “mask” that can disguise the true nature of purchasing relationships, an Australian expert has warned.
“Partnerships often mask the real issues that people should be talking about,” said Terence Burke, consultant at the Australia-based firm Public/Private Partnerships.
“Partnerships often mask the real issues that people should be talking about,” said Terence Burke, consultant at the Australia-based firm Public/Private Partnerships.
Most of the UK’s top companies want to have electronic procurement policies in place within two years, according to new research. Yet more than half were unable to name any suppliers of e-procurement systems.
Savings of at least 20 per cent on water costs are being promised to large business users by a new national water supplier. The launch of h2go is expected to herald the opening up of the business-user water market.
The European Commission has referred the UK to the European Court of Justice over the alleged infringement of its public procurement rules, writes Cathy Hayward.
Construction giant Laing is aiming to reduce its number of core suppliers from 23 to 12 by the end of the year, as part of the final stage of a major supply chain revamp.
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) will examine the options for organising electronic markets with a team of economists, Jane Gibbs, the OGC’s head of e-commerce , told SM.