John Mariotti
Capstone, £14.99
Rating: 2/5
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Birmingham City Council’s procurement service is failing and unlikely to improve, according to a damning review by the Audit Commission.
UK clothing companies are forming a sector-wide forum in a bid to improve relationships within the country’s beleaguered textile industry.
Edited by Cary L Cooper
Edward Elgar, £150
Rating: 2/5
Computer peripherals company Information Media Group (IMG) is to examine its supply chain processes every six months.
Buyers of corporate air travel have been advised to monitor their relationships with travel agents closely in the wake of the European Commission’s ruling against British Airways’ incentive scheme for agent ticket sales.
Further evidence of increased delays in settling invoices amid an economic downturn is making a late payment crisis likely.
Q: I am head of purchasing in a business within a large group of companies. I met the new finance director and she thinks we should centralise purchasing for the whole group. Is this a good idea?
Supply chains in the livestock industry will come under the spotlight in a government inquiry into the recent foot and mouth outbreak.
Des Dearlove and Stephen Coomber
Capstone, £15
Rating: 1/5