Category Archives: 2012

Use corporate goals to get P2P system compliance

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Purchasing & supply news from Supply Management magazine

Buyers advised to link use of purchase-to-pay technology to a company-wide aim to get employees to conform.

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Businesses looking to buy mobile apps

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Purchasing & supply news from Supply Management magazine

Survey finds that 78 per cent of large businesses are looking to purchase mobile apps.

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Ghana government e-procurement pledge

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Purchasing & supply news from Supply Management magazine

High-spend departments expect to be able to use the technology in the next 12 months.

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BMW tops ranking in supplier relationship index

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Purchasing & supply news from Supply Management magazine

Vendors said the key reason for the improvement was because BMW provided them with the potential to make a profit over the lifetime of their deals.

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Supply chain changes could cut offshore wind farm costs by 30 per cent

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Purchasing & supply news from Supply Management magazine

A taskforce set up by the UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change has issued 28 recommendations it believes could save £3 billion a year.

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Unilever procurement helps with sustainability objective

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Purchasing & supply news from Supply Management magazine

Buyers are assisting the fast-moving consumer goods company in achieving an ambitious long-term plan to double in size while reducing its environmental impact.

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Osborne postpones fuel duty rise

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Purchasing & supply news from Supply Management magazine

Latest budget u-turn by the Treasury will ease cost pressures on businesses and hauliers.

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Entrepreneur Peter Jones calls on ‘heroes of procurement’

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Purchasing & supply news from Supply Management magazine

The Dragons’ Den personality says the stars of purchasing and supply should make themselves known and help inspire young people.

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Packaging should be sustainable throughout the supply chain

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Purchasing & supply news from Supply Management magazine

‘Sustainable packaging’ is no longer a viable term unless all stages of the supply chain have been considered, a PwC report has concluded.

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IT discounts to save £70 million across UK public sector

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Purchasing & supply news from Supply Management magazine

“The old days of signing huge, inflexible IT contracts are gone forever.” Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude.

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