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Category Archives: Purchasing
Businesses let EU procurement changes pass by
More than half of buyers, suppliers and advisers in North West have no plans to understand incoming reforms, while 17 per cent are unaware of the consequences of not complying with the law.
									
						Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Supply chain					
					
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		Top firms take on strategic sourcing processes
More than three-quarters of the best-performing firms have formal strategic sourcing programmes, compared with just 29 per cent of the worst performing.
									
						Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Technology					
					
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		KPMG buys up BrainNet
A deal has been agreed by the two consultancies and should be finalised by the end of the summer.
									
						Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing					
					
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		Manufacturers try ‘near-shoring’ to mitigate supply chain risk
Some 61 per cent of manufacturing executives believe moving operations closer to the final market is an effective way to reduce supply chain risk.
									
						Posted in 2012, cat-news, Ed's choice risk & continuity, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity					
					
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		Financial firms pledge to disclose natural supply chains
A total of 37 financial services companies have signed the ‘Natural Capital Declaration’ to report on use of resources ahead of next week’s Earth Summit.
									
						Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Travel					
					
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		Boost supplier performance by improving relationships
A CPO Agenda webinar finds reducing costs is the main motivation for improving supplier relationship management.
									
						Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Purchasing, SRM					
					
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		Travel buyers urged to demand review of Air Passenger Duty
British Airways’ commercial director Drew Crawley encouraged purchasers and their companies to join forces to lobby against increases to the charge.
									
						Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Travel					
					
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		Global Business Travel Association launches in Africa
The membership organisation aims to help buyers in Africa, where travel management activity is increasing.
									
						Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Travel					
					
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		Dubai government upgrades purchasing portal
New and improved system expected to lessen administrative burden and enable buyers to spend more time on higher value activities such as supplier evaluation.
									
						Posted in 2012, cat-news, Ed's choice technology, Home page picture story, International, News, Purchasing, Technology					
					
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		RFPs are sick, not dead
Request for proposal (RFPs) documents remain a valuable tool, but should be improved to place less of a burden on suppliers.
