24 September 2002
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Q: I have been asked to provide the purchasing department’s content for my company’s new intranet. What sort of information is needed?
Q: In an attempt to improve our management of cash, we are in the process of reviewing payment terms with all of our suppliers. We are aware that different countries have varying terms of payment (for example, normally 60 days in UK but 90 days in France
Q: How can I tell whether a free e-procurement pilot is going to be of value or not?
The author states: “This book is intended as a guide for organization executives, managers and outsourcing team members who are exploring outsourcing.” It’s a how-to manual setting forth the various issues to be addressed in an outsourcing initiative, and suggests methods of addressing them.
Buyers have long complained that their reward systems bear little relationship to their importance to the company. Consultancy PMMS now offers a benchmarking model, developed by former CIPS president Roger Keeling, with which, he says, PMMS can “advise companies on the remuneration they need to attract, motivate and keep critical procurement staff”.
Figures to be released by the Association of Payment Clearing Services next week will show an 82 per cent rise in the number of Visa purchasing cards issued by its member banks. Total card expenditure was £272 million in the year to December 1998, compared with £155 million the previous year.
David Gazeley points out some of the dangers of being enticed by companies that claim to save you money
Salaries for purchasing professionals have been increasing by almost twice the rate of inflation over the past year, according to the latest Purcon survey. February’s edition of the six-monthly Purcon index shows average increases running at 5.6 per cent, with average total earnings now at £29,027.
Unipart, the privately owned UK parts distributor, has lost MG Rover’s business to US industrial group Caterpillar Logistics Services. Former Rover owner BMW had already served notice to Unipart that its contract would not be renewed in February 2002. MG Rover will benefit from most of the profits from the sale and distribution of aftermarket parts.