Homebase, the DIY retailer owned by Sainsbury’s, has launched a transactional website that aims to make £30 million supply chain savings over the next three years.
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Homebase, the DIY retailer owned by Sainsbury’s, has launched a transactional website that aims to make £30 million supply chain savings over the next three years.
The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency has gained the ISO 9002 certification for its purchasing processes. The award means the agency’s procedures comply with standards on efficiency and quality assurance. The PSA also received ISO 14002 for its environmental management scheme.
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21 May 2002
NEC, Birmingham
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The number of UK goods vehicles going to Europe in the third quarter of last year was 7 per cent higher than in the same period of the previous year, the latest Transport Statistics Bulletin from the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions has revealed. The total number was 563,000.
Q: I have to present a monthly purchasing report to management. What are the key areas they are likely to be looking for? At present, my report focuses on efficiency measures, such as the completion ratio of requisitions, but I feel this is insufficient.
A major Internet marketplace for the utilities sector is set for operation this summer. Scottish Power, United Utilities and Northern Electric have joined forces to buy cables, pipes switchgear, transformers and other items.
The agency set up to promote private finance initiative (PFI) projects is unlikely to take equity stakes in any projects in its early stages, Andrew Smith, chief secretary to the Treasury, told a Partnerships UK (PUK) conference in London.
Q: I would like to implement purchasing cards, and shortly e-procurement, for our lower-value expenditure. I have been asked to justify the claim I made in the business case that the cost of raising an order is £50. This is the figure most often bandied a