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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Don’t like SRM? Try ‘active supplier collaboration’
The term supplier relationship management sends out the wrong message to vendors, according to a senior buyer at A.P. Møller-Maersk.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain
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Spot buying becomes more popular with travel buyers
Business travel managers and purchasers are moving away from negotiated corporate deals in favour of spot buying, even though the purchasing process is becoming more professional.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Travel
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Construction activity hits 11-month high
David Noble: “The construction sector’s relatively buoyant start to 2012 continued in February, as sustained growth affirmed the industry’s ongoing recovery.”
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, PMI reports, Purchasing, Resources
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Woolworths opens hotline for suppliers to report malpractice
Woolworths, the biggest supermarket retailer in Australia, has launched a hotline that allows its suppliers to report acts of malpractice.
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Game loses support of key supplier
Troubled entertainment retailer Game Group, which announced last month that it had agreed a deal with its suppliers that would help keep it in business, is seemingly back in danger after one of the group’s main suppliers, EA, changed its mind.
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Global fuel cell demand set to overpower existing supply chains
Market experts have reported that, after a long gestation period, the worldwide fuel cell industry is reaching a “significant turning point” that will see demand putting existing supply chains under unprecedented pressure.
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‘FM is not a commodity’, buyers told
Procurement should consider the people behind the facilities management goods and services they buy, according to participants at a roundtable debate.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page picture story, News, Purchasing
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Xchanging hopes to do better in 2012
Having addressed operating and strategic issues, the British outsourcing company hopes renewed deals with companies, including cosmetics company L’Oreal, will boost profits this year.
Posted in 2012, Business change, cat-news, News, Outsourcing, Purchasing
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University buying must help push research boundaries
Jim Reed, who joined the University of Nottingham as director of procurement a year ago, said: “It took me three months to work out that I could not do what I am good at.”
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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Rising input costs stem the flow of manufacturing growth
“If rising costs and weak demand persists, sustaining output growth and job creation will become increasingly difficult,” Rob Dobson, senior economist at Markit.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, PMI reports, Purchasing, Resources
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