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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Supply chain disruption prompts risk rethink
Only a minority of chief executives are very confident that their current risk-management strategies will prove effective against supply chain events such as the Japanese tsunami, a new report has warned.
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Has UK public sector gone ”framework crazy”?
“Everybody seems to want to create frameworks for everything under the sun,” Eddie Regan, senior procurement consultant, BIP Solutions.
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Collaborative hub to save west London councils £15.7 million by 2015
Local authorities in the capital aim to make efficiencies through the joint purchasing of services such as parking enforcement, grounds maintenance and waste collection.
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Contract renegotiation to save taxpayer £200 million
The UK government has reduced the amount it will pay a major IT provider over the next five years.
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Contract renegotiation to save taxpayer £200 million
The UK government has reduced the amount it will pay a major IT provider over the next five years.
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Trade war intensifies between China and US
After cooling down following a visit by Chinese vice president Xi Jinping to the United States, trade tensions between China and the westerns world have once again begun to boil over protectionism claims.
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Microsoft recognises its top suppliers
IT giant Microsoft yesterday named its top-performing suppliers for 2011.
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Indirect procurement offers ‘untapped’ savings opportunity
There will be a growing focus on cost reductions through implementation of initiatives such as indirect procurement, new research predicts
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Facilities management outsourcing ‘in need of review’
Facilities management service delivery is reaching “turning point” as traditional models fail to meet client requirements, experts have warned.
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Senior execs unclear on procurement’s role
22 per cent of senior managers “are not at all sure” what procurement does and just 8 per cent believe purchasing is a “highly strategic” function, says poll.
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