Monthly Archives: October 2011

With 1,000 days to go until the start of the Commonwealth Games in Scotland, SM speaks to its head of procurement, David Brown.

The strategy is in response to disruptions experienced after the Fukushima earthquake earlier this year.

Forces in Surrey and the West Midlands are exploring the possibility of purchasing non-frontline goods and services with business.

Campaigners argue micro business owners appreciate the critical impact of cash flow and aim to source locally – two practices that should be copied on a larger scale.

As reports suggest that over a thousand of Thailand’s factories have been closed due to exceptional flooding, supply chain disruption has once again been in the news. While on the surface it’s created all sorts of problems for those sourcing from Thail…

Almost a third of US companies admit the greatest systemic threat to their operations comes from supply chain risk.

US construction activity increased by 2.7% on an annual basis in September, according to new estimates.

The government wants freedom to use procurement ‘more intelligently’. The news comes as MEPs vote in favour of the principle of changing public purchasing regulations.

The European Parliament has adopted a report on modernising public procurement.

Tobacco firm says it is well on way to deliver savings three years into a five-year plan.