-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Archives
Categories
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- Analysis
- Angeline Albert
- Ascertain
- Australia
- Business change
- Business change
- Careers
- cat-news
- Central government
- CIPS SM Awards
- Contact
- Ed's choice business change
- Ed's choice careers
- Ed's choice international
- Ed's choice low cost sourcing
- Ed's choice outsourcing
- Ed's choice public sector
- Ed's choice purchasing
- Ed's choice risk & continuity
- Ed's choice Southern Africa
- Ed's choice SRM
- Ed's choice supply chain
- Ed's choice sustainability
- Ed's choice technology
- Ed's choice travel
- Features
- Fraud & corruption
- Headline News
- home
- Home page picture story
- Home page top story
- International
- Intro business change
- Intro fraud & corruption
- Jake Kanter
- Law
- Law analysis
- Local government
- Low cost sourcing
- Main sections
- Maintain
- News
- News focus
- Opinion
- Outsourcing
- Paid for photos
- Partners
- Paul Snell
- People
- Placement
- PMI reports
- Public sector
- Purchasing
- Realise
- Rebecca Ellinor
- Recession & economic downturn
- Resources
- Risk & continuity
- Sectors
- Services
- SM 100
- Southern Africa
- SRM
- Supply chain
- Sustainability
- Technology
- TEST
- Topics
- Travel
- Uncategorized
- Why Us
- Year
Meta
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Campaigners uncover sweatshop labour at Olympic factories
Low wages, long working hours and child labour are just some of the findings in two factories producing goods for London 2012, according to the Playfair campaign.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page picture story, International, News, Purchasing, Supply chain, Sustainability
Comments Off on Campaigners uncover sweatshop labour at Olympic factories
Campaigners uncover sweatshop labour at Olympic factories
Low wages, long working hours and child labour are just some of the findings in two factories producing goods for London 2012, according to the Playfair campaign.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, Supply chain, Sustainability
Comments Off on Campaigners uncover sweatshop labour at Olympic factories
UK firms are financially fitter, says Experian
“We can entertain some cautious optimism for the months ahead,” Max Firth, Experian.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity
Comments Off on UK firms are financially fitter, says Experian
Businesses perceive ‘high risk’ threat from supply base
One in twelve UK firms think more than half their vendors represent a high risk to their organisation.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity, Supply chain
Comments Off on Businesses perceive ‘high risk’ threat from supply base
Ikea prepares to drop non-compliant suppliers
Those vendors unwilling or unable to meet the requirements of the retail chain’s code of conduct will be phased out.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Sustainability
Comments Off on Ikea prepares to drop non-compliant suppliers
Procurement to tackle £3.5bn loss at Lloyds
Advances in group sourcing at embattled British bank Lloyds will be a core strategy for addressing at least some of its massive £3.5bn loss, according to its latest results statement.
Posted in cat-news
Comments Off on Procurement to tackle £3.5bn loss at Lloyds
China to ramp up production of rare earth minerals
China has unveiled plans to ramp up domestic production of rare earth elements over the next four years.
Posted in cat-news
Comments Off on China to ramp up production of rare earth minerals
Nokia signs supplier deal for conflict-free tantalum
Nokia has signed a supplier deal to ensure that the tantalum it sources comes from conflict-free sources.
Posted in cat-news
Comments Off on Nokia signs supplier deal for conflict-free tantalum
US containerised exports reach record high
US containerised shipping exports reached a record high in 2011, new market data reveals.
Posted in cat-news
Comments Off on US containerised exports reach record high
P&G in $10bn cost-cutting drive
Procter & Gamble (P&G), the world’s largest household products company, is aiming to cut costs by $10bn by the end of 2016, which will include significant job cuts across the business after it came under pressure from investors to improve its perf…
Posted in cat-news
Comments Off on P&G in $10bn cost-cutting drive
