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.
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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.
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The global purchasing director of a major bank has described how his staff and suppliers got business back on its feet just 24 hours after witnessing the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.
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Q: We recently began to install an e-procurement system, but the reaction from suppliers has been lukewarm, to say the least. How can we persuade them that it is in their interests to come on board?
Poor communication between purchasing managers and other employees is the main cause of high levels of non-compliant spending on indirect goods, according to new research.
Purchasers are seeking extra training and support to help them cope with the projected increase in demands on staff after the government unveiled plans to boost NHS spending in last month’s budget.