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Category Archives: 2012
Use corporate goals to get P2P system compliance
Buyers advised to link use of purchase-to-pay technology to a company-wide aim to get employees to conform.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Purchasing, Technology
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Businesses looking to buy mobile apps
Survey finds that 78 per cent of large businesses are looking to purchase mobile apps.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Technology
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Ghana government e-procurement pledge
High-spend departments expect to be able to use the technology in the next 12 months.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Technology
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BMW tops ranking in supplier relationship index
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.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
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Supply chain changes could cut offshore wind farm costs by 30 per cent
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.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Public sector, Supply chain, Sustainability
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Unilever procurement helps with sustainability objective
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.
Posted in 2012, Business change, cat-news, International, News, Risk & continuity, SRM, Sustainability
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Osborne postpones fuel duty rise
Latest budget u-turn by the Treasury will ease cost pressures on businesses and hauliers.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Recession & economic downturn, Risk & continuity
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Packaging should be sustainable throughout the supply chain
‘Sustainable packaging’ is no longer a viable term unless all stages of the supply chain have been considered, a PwC report has concluded.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Supply chain, Sustainability
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Entrepreneur Peter Jones calls on ‘heroes of procurement’
The Dragons’ Den personality says the stars of purchasing and supply should make themselves known and help inspire young people.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing
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Q&A with Peter Jones
The successful businessman and TV personality says students attending one of his enterprise academies who have an interest in purchasing can tailor their training towards it.
Posted in 2012, Careers, cat-news, News, Purchasing
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