The Industry Council for Electronic Equipment Recycling is hosting a series of forums for electronics buyers in response to forthcoming European directives. They will include ways of evaluating suppliers and will also encourage buyers to voice their needs to the government and industry regulators.
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The Industry Council for Electronic Equipment Recycling is hosting a series of forums for electronics buyers in response to forthcoming European directives. They will include ways of evaluating suppliers and will also encourage buyers to voice their needs to the government and industry regulators.
Michael Arthur et al
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Rover is abandoning the requirement, imposed by BMW, that suppliers should invoice the car maker in euros. It is also halting the switch from purchasing parts from continental European suppliers instead of British companies.
I hope my next job is in manufacturing in the US, working with characters named Dick “Sledgehammer” Reed and involving tasks such as “making 200 design changes in 12 intense hours at Lantech”.
The Competition Commission has recommended a code of conduct for supplier relations. Business terms should be in writing and include reasonable notice for changes and prompt payment schedules, it said in a report on UK supermarkets. Suppliers should also not be charged for visits by buyers.