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Category Archives: News
News Focus: Defending spending
How do you solve a problem like MoD procurement? If history is anything to go by, not easily, says Adam Leach.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Ed's choice risk & continuity, News, News focus, Public sector, Purchasing, Risk & continuity
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MPs accuse Maude of breaking promise to SMEs
The Cabinet Office has been challenged to explain why the percentage of procurement spend with smaller businesses has fallen instead of increased.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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UK Power Networks chops tree cutting spend by 28 per cent
“We might, during the course of a year shut the same overhead line down twice – if we were a bit more joined up, we could shut it just once,” head of procurement Philip Patterson.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain
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Buyers pay price of limited cross-border trade in Africa
Lesotho, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia and Angola are among the countries The World Bank said could buy cheaper goods if they traded more products across their borders.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Southern Africa
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MPs should use downtime to appoint groceries supply adjudicator
National Farmers Union wants “referee to go along with the rulebook”.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain
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‘You can’t hide factory scandals’, warns Adidas CSR chief
Frank Henke says NGOs and campaign groups will uncover problems so you must be transparent about issues.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Sustainability
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Asda buys into closer collaboration between suppliers
The retailer has launched a system to help it cut cost, waste and risk across its entire supply chain by encouraging its providers to work together.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Supply chain, Sustainability, Technology
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Innovation the biggest challenge for construction buyers
“If we keep buying the same products we buy today, we’re never going to be more successful or sustainable,” Kieran Brocklebank of United Utilities.
Posted in 2012, Business change, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Sustainability
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MoD should anticipate budget cuts when planning procurement
“It is unrealistic for the [defence] department to plan its budget on the basis of one per cent increase in its equipment budget from 2015,” PAC chairwoman Margaret Hodge.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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Watch interviews from the Sustainable Supply Chains conference
Shaun McCarthy, Andrew MacAskill and Kieran Brocklebank talk to Supply Management about trends in sustainable procurement, the impact of winning a CIPS SM Award and how to implement a green purchasing strategy.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Paul Snell, Purchasing, Sustainability
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