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Category Archives: 2012
Logistics firms ready for Olympics’ impact
Research finds 90 per cent have assessed the implications of the games and 82 per cent predict a rise in demand for services.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Risk & continuity, Supply chain
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SA unions urge Olympic kit deal to be scrapped
An alliance of trade unions is unhappy that a deal to manufacture the country’s kit for the Olympics has been awarded to a Chinese firm.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Southern Africa, Sustainability
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SA unions urge Olympic kit deal to be scrapped
An alliance of trade unions is unhappy that a deal to manufacture the country’s kit for the Olympics has been awarded to a Chinese firm.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page picture story, News, Purchasing, Southern Africa, Sustainability
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Balfour Beatty boosts responsible buying with e-learning tool
The construction firm is introducing a course for staff to achieve sustainable procurement by 2015.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Supply chain, Sustainability
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Balfour Beatty boosts responsible buying with e-learning tool
The construction firm is introducing a course for staff to achieve sustainable procurement by 2015.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Supply chain, Sustainability
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P&G shares sustainability scorecard with rivals
The FMCG manufacturer is making its supplier rating system available to competitors to boost the environmental performance of supply chains.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Sustainability
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2012 will ‘test the mettle’ of the procurement profession
Purchasers will need to do much more this year with similar levels of resources to 2011, research from the Hackett Group suggests.
Posted in 2012, Careers, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing
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NASA outsources procurement support
US space agency signs deal to handle contract processing worth up to $42 million (£26 million).
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing
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Small suppliers pose no big risk to government
“I challenge anyone to find a correlation between failure to perform and size,” said Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Risk & continuity
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News Focus: Rise and fall
Pay rates for junior staff and directors are on the increase – yet are stagnant for senior managers. Angeline Albert takes a look at the reasons why.
Posted in 2012, Careers, cat-news, News, News focus, Purchasing
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