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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Novelis names global supply chain chief
Aluminium giant Novelis has announced that Nick Madden, senior vice president and chief procurement officer, has assumed additional responsibilities for leadership of the company’s global supply chain function.
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Airbus CEO warns supply chain ‘near limit’
The CEO of Airbus CEO Tom Enders was quoted in media report today saying that the company’s supply chain was “near its limit”.
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River Island brings manufacturing from China back to UK
UK fashion retailer River Island has announced plans to buck recent global sourcing trends and return its manufacturing operations to Great Britain.
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UK businesses up checks on suppliers credit worthiness
More UK companies are checking on the creditworthiness of suppliers, according to The Registry Trust, which operates the Register of Judgements, Orders and Fines for the UK’s Ministry of Justice.
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MPs accuse Maude of breaking promise to SMEs
The Cabinet Office has been challenged to explain why the percentage of procurement spend with smaller businesses has fallen instead of increased.
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UK Power Networks chops tree cutting spend by 28 per cent
“We might, during the course of a year shut the same overhead line down twice – if we were a bit more joined up, we could shut it just once,” head of procurement Philip Patterson.
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Buyers pay price of limited cross-border trade in Africa
Lesotho, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia and Angola are among the countries The World Bank said could buy cheaper goods if they traded more products across their borders.
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MPs should use downtime to appoint groceries supply adjudicator
National Farmers Union wants “referee to go along with the rulebook”.
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Incoming Sony chief predicts aggressive supply chain cost-cutting drive
New Sony chief executive officer has warned that cost-cutting is a priority in the company’s TV business and supply chain as the company counts the cost of a fourth consecutive annual loss.
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Asian HR managers urged to acquire supply chain management skills
Asian companies have been urged to train their human resource professionals as supply chain managers to improve attraction and retention of highly skilled knowledge workers.
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