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Category Archives: News
Hubwoo quarter four profits rise
The company’s revenue for the fourth quarter was €9.5 million (£7.9 million), but it suffered an 8 per cent fall in total revenue in comparison with the same quarter in 2010.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity
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Buyers told to stockpile ahead of Olympics
“The street outside is going to be choked with coaches leaving at a rate of 700 an hour.”
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity
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Procurement fraud costs UK more than £5 million
KPMG’s Fraud Barometer finds seven cases of purchasing fraud totalling £5,096,805.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Fraud & corruption, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity
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Businesses plan to boost procurement spend
Professional services identified as highest priority spend category.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
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Businesses plan to boost procurement spend
Professional services identified as highest priority spend category.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
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Lack of IT integration hinders supply chain efficiency
Construction and engineering firms say chief cause of supply chain inefficiencies is lack of integration of processes and IT systems.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, Supply chain, Technology
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Skilled buyers can help cut wasteful social care spend
Procurement officers should work more effectively with third sector organisations like Age UK to find out where costs can be reduced.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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Copper costs cause increase in railway cable theft
From 2009 to now, high demand has pushed copper prices from around $3,500 per tonne to $8,500 per tonne at their highest point.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
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New customers boost Ariba revenue
Spend management tech firm attributes the increase to new deals signed in the past three months.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, Technology
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Apple CEO promises to ”dig deeper” into supply chain issues
“What we will not do, and never have done, is stand still or turn a blind eye to problems in our supply chain,” Tim Cook told staff in an email.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain
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