Monthly Archives: September 2011

One buyer said the absence of a discount scheme meant her organisation is to pay more that £1 million extra in fuel transportation costs.

“It is not clear who will be responsible for improving efficiency, nor which body will intervene to protect 999 services if an ambulance service gets into financial difficulty, seriously underperforms or even fails.”

“A sustainable value chain without exploiting our natural resources. This is what I call revolution,” BMW chairman Norbert Reithofer.

Unsatisfactory information on spend stops more than a third of buyers achieving efficiencies.

Novartis, Europe’s second largest pharmaceutical group by sales, has raised its sales and cost-savings forecasts for its Alcon eyecare unit, acquired in a $51bn deal which closed earlier this year.

Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic has said that it plans to increase the amount of parts it buys from outside Japan to help cut procurement costs by $6.5bn.

A new generation of “procurement masters” is adding value to organisations in “unprecedented ways”, new research reveals.

Total index for demand growth on the global platinum-group metals market has risen dramatically over the past few years, according to a new report, which adds that there is no sign of this demand slackening for “years to come”.

The winners of the ‘best public procurement project’ beat nine other successful teams to clinch the overall prize on a night of celebration.

BAA’s procurement director won the ‘professional of the year’ title, and Global Brands’ sourcing manager picked up the ‘young professional’ prize.