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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
British boardrooms are more on the ball than those in the rest of Europe and the US when it comes to e-commerce, according to a survey commissioned by global software company Intentia, writes David Arminas.
Utility group Hyder has signed a partnering agreement with six contractors to deliver savings of 20 per cent on its £655 million water and sewerage infrastructure project. Supply chain collaboration will help to achieve the savings for the five-year project. Hyder made the move after regulator Ofwat told companies that water bills must be cut and infrastructure improved.
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Marks & Spencer’s recent poor performance has made it a “clear takeover target”, but any clothing retailer contemplating merging its own supply chain with that of M&S will face difficulties, an analyst has warned.