Purchasing and supply management professionals must get more involved in decisions about outsourcing, according to the new CIPS president.
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Electronic procurement software has yet to deliver improved supplier performance or increased accuracy in procurement, a survey of purchasing managers has found.
UK-based e-marketplace BT Ignite has teamed up with six global partners to form a trading network.
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 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.
Marks & Spencer is finally to fall in line with best practice for retail merchandising and implement a store-focused supply chain, writes Liam O’Brien.
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has hit back at comments by Action 2000, the government’s millennium bug advisory group, that small to medium-sized transport and logistics companies are complacent about year 2000 readiness, writes Vanessa Pawsey.
Airline industry procurement departments are reviewing procedures for the issuing of uniforms in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the US.
Government IT buying will undergo a major revamp, with some procedures made mandatory and the Office of Government Commerce playing a more central role, according to a recent Cabinet Office report.