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Category Archives: Purchasing
Swaziland aims to stamp out sham medicine
Health minister Benedict Xaba tells SM pharmaceutical policy will improve country’s drug procurement.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Southern Africa
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CFOs think supply chains are overly complex
Study finds majority want greater transparency and closer collaboration with vendors to overcome the increasing intricacy of globalised supply chains.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
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Olympics procurement boss: Fixed deadline approach could be copied elsewhere
Procurement should say: “We will stick to this date because we can solve the issues,” says Gerry Walsh, director of procurement at LOCOG.
Posted in 2012, Business change, cat-news, Ed's choice business change, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
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Sharing information key to successful supply chain collaboration
Buyers and suppliers are on the same page when it comes to what they want from their partners.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain
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PAC questions procurement card security checks
But Cabinet Office minister Ian Watmore points out there is no evidence of systemic abuse of the cards and the number of potentially fraudulent transactions is less than 100 in four million.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Risk & continuity, Supply chain
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Last chance to enter inaugural CIPS Middle East Awards
There is just one week left before the awards entry deadline on 3 April.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Ed's choice international, International, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
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IT supply chain is putting national security at risk
The Departments of Energy, Homeland Security and Justice are accused of failing to tackle IT security risks.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, Technology
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Almost a quarter of public sector outsourcing deals brought back in-house
Poor contract management, which meant contracts did not provide the value expected, was blamed on a lack of skills.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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Optimum Procurement scores sourcing deal with Everton FC
The business has announced a procurement and fleet services co-sourcing agreement with the Premiership club.
Posted in 2012, Business change, cat-news, News, Outsourcing, Purchasing
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Pay rates rise for junior managers, but fall for senior managers
The average pay of junior purchasing managers increased by 6.7 per cent on 2011’s figures, according to the CIPS/Croner Salary Survey 2012 published today.
Posted in 2012, Careers, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing
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