Monthly Archives: October 2011

The Hershey Company has reported that higher input and supply chain costs more than offset sourcing productivity efforts during the last three months.

Supply chain productivity initiatives have helped Dr Pepper Snapple Group to boost sales, offsetting the adverse impact of commodity hedging losses during the “challenging times” of its third financial quarter.

Consistency and quality of information is vital to reap the benefits of spend management.

Guidelines and tougher controls on card use credited for reduction in purchases.

Efforts to reduce packaging on examination gloves cuts carbon emissions and waste.

New contract wins boost rival e-procurement providers.

Vince Cable (pictured), the UK’s business secretary, has announced that his department will invest £25m in manufacturing supply chains according to the Financial Times, as he looks for ways to help the renewable, aerospace and rail industries in the U…

A landmark $8bn deal has been struck to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US as the UK’s BG Group signed an agreement with Cheniere Energy to ship gas all over the world for the next 20 years.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded a contract for the creation of a protocol to aid the screening of cargo at US ports.

Ford Motor Company has reported that recent commodity market volatility has not put the brakes on profitability for its last financial quarter, despite suffering from “unfavourable” commodity hedging.