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Japanese car maker Mazda has ruled out producing cars in the UK, despite announcing plans to move some production to Europe because of the high rate of the yen against the euro. Jan Brentebraten, the company’s president, said the plant would have to be in the euro-zone. Spain and Germany were possibilities, he said.
David Jones concludes his examination of the evolution of purchasing practice with an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of some of the leading conceptual frameworks
Cost and Effect is essential for anyone planning to implement activity-based costing (ABC) or link their output to more sophisticated supply management practices, particularly balanced scorecard or incentivisation approaches.
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Although it may be natural to blame Corus for the state of the Welsh steel industry, suppliers need help rather than recriminations, says Michael Quayle
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