A new online construction portal, building-work.com, went live in August. The portal claims to be the first in its market to offer detailed cost control and process management solutions.
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A new online construction portal, building-work.com, went live in August. The portal claims to be the first in its market to offer detailed cost control and process management solutions.
Electronics firm Toshiba is to double the quantity of semiconductors it outsources over the next three years, taking it from the current level of 10 per cent to between 20 and 30 per cent.
Small businesses now have an industry-sponsored website to help them choose telecoms equipment and services. Advice on www.telecomsadvice.org.uk, whose sponsors include BT, Cable & Wireless, Colt, Energis, Marconi and Telewest, is run by Telerise, a European-funded project based at the University of Sheffield.
Q: Is it possible to outsource procurement? When should I consider it and how should I go about it?
Tomorrow’s business winners will be those companies that do not try to second guess market trends. Instead, they will be resilient enough to survive bad patches by sharing risks with suppliers, including logistics partners, according to Stéphane Garelli, professor at the Institute for Management Development in Lausanne.
Moving goods by rail will only increase if freight operators have more access to privately owned terminals. Antony Whiteing, senior lecturer at Huddersfield university, said that the government must provide more funding for access to reach targets set out in last year’s transport white paper. “Guaranteeing access is currently seen as a private-sector initiative,” he said.
This is an American book and it shows. Each chapter starts with that over-used style of referring to a vaguely relevant quotation.
Railfreight organisations have criticised the Freight Transport Association’s claim that the government’s “fuel duty escalator” policy is stifling the growth of international railfreight, writes Vanessa Pawsey.
A major survey has found that less than half of local authorities are using performance indicators.
Nearly 95 per cent of chief executives, political leaders and purchasing professionals in local authorities believe setting a procurement strategy is a matter for corporate leadership. Yet only 40 per cent have a written procurement strategy.
Nearly 95 per cent of chief executives, political leaders and purchasing professionals in local authorities believe setting a procurement strategy is a matter for corporate leadership. Yet only 40 per cent have a written procurement strategy.