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Big shake-up for NHS procurement
The strategic procurement function of NHS Supplies is to be split off and given to a new NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency from next April.

The government announced the shake-up to the £7 billion operation in the wake of a Cabinet Office review of NHS procurement aimed at increasing efficiency.
Sainsbury’s targets SMEs for EDI
Sainsbury’s is targeting 1,000 of its 2,400 small to medium-sized suppliers to take up its website electronic data interchange system, Web-EDI.

Around 40 suppliers are now using the system. The goal is to sign up 50 new users a week, according to David Simister, the supermarket chain’s logistics collaborative systems manager.
Web users warned about contracts
An IT legal expert has warned companies to be aware of contract law when doing business on the Internet.

While business-to-business transactions make up 80 per cent of electronic commerce dealings, Mark O’Conor, an Internet specialist and solicitor at Bird & Bird, said many organisations had misconceptions about conducting web-based business.
Merger built on purchasing power
The planned merger of Asda and Kingfisher announced last week will generate annual savings of £100 million, mainly from global procurement, distribution cuts and combined merchandising, according to the retailers.
Get involved, says CIPS president
Purchasing and supply management professionals must get more involved in decisions about outsourcing, according to the new CIPS president.
Internet ‘yet to deliver benefits’
Electronic procurement software has yet to deliver improved supplier performance or increased accuracy in procurement, a survey of purchasing managers has found.
BT Ignite opens up global network
UK-based e-marketplace BT Ignite has teamed up with six global partners to form a trading network.
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‘Manage risks in emerging markets’
Buyers dealing with suppliers in emerging markets should be prepared to manage the risks for them, the chief procurement officer at bottling company Coca-Cola HBC told delegates at the CIPS conference.
Welsh procurement facing shake-up
Welsh public-sector bodies have until 15 June to respond to a major procurement review document from the National Assembly for Wales that aims to reshape public-sector purchasing in the principality.
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