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A disagreement over the number of engines supplied by BMW is forcing Land Rover to cut back production of its best-selling Freelander model by around 12 per cent. Ford, which bought Land Rover last year after BMW broke up and sold its Rover operations, and BMW are in discussions about raising the annual supply from 32,000 units to 50,000 units.

BAE appeals to MoD

BAE Systems has called on the Ministry of Defence to allow it to build all 12 of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers, rather than share construction with rival Vosper Thorneycroft.

All change for SAP

Managing Knowledge

Gilbert Probst and Steffen Raub John Wiley, £24.95

CSFB thinks global

Employees at investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston will be able to order goods from their desktops without the intervention of purchasing, thanks to a global e-procurement solution. The bank will benefit from combined economies of scale as the system links employees to suppliers in multiple online exchanges using BT MarketSite, PeopleSoft Marketplace and

Radical Innovation

Richard Leifer et al Harvard Business School Press, £21.99 Rating: 3/5

Willmott and Dixon

Debt guide to come

The Office of Fair Trading is to publish good practice guidelines for debt management companies. They cover the accuracy of advertisements and contract terms and customer information. The guidelines will be published after a consultation period ends on 9 July, and will be followed later this year by similar recommendations for debt collecting and credit broking.

Ignorance on costs

The reality of e-procurement has fallen far short of “marketing hype”’ according to a report by consultancy Forrester.

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