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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Dairy Crest aims for savings with single supply chain
The dairy and food company believes consolidating its business divisions and creating a unified supply chain will improve efficiency and cut overhead costs by £5 million.
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Companies recognised for water reduction
The Carbon Trust has acknowledged Sainsbury’s, Coca-Cola, Sunlight and Branston for their efforts to measure and reduce water use.
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Apple procurement boss on success
Adrian Turner, the technology giant’s head of corporate procurement for EMEIA, reveals what he is looking for when hiring senior managers.
Posted in 2013, Careers, cat-news, Home page top story, International, News, Public sector
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Best practice is not ‘one size fits all’
Buyers need to look at the demands and needs of customers and stakeholders before applying best practice techniques, according to the head of supplier performance and innovation at Novartis.
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Heinz waits for cost-cutting verdict
It was announced last week that Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital and Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway had agreed a deal to take over Heinz a move that is expected to more than double the company’s current debt from $12bn to $23bn…
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Buyers warm to gas generators
The gensets feature distributed power generation units that use reciprocating internal combustion engines to produce useable energy from gaseous fuels.
According to market watchers, distributed generation has several advantages over tr…
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Buyers warm to gas generators
The gensets feature distributed power generation units that use reciprocating internal combustion engines to produce useable energy from gaseous fuels.
According to market watchers, distributed generation has several advantages over tr…
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Buyers warm to natural gas generators
The gensets feature distributed power generation units that use reciprocating internal combustion engines to produce useable energy from gaseous fuels.
According to market watchers, distributed generation has several advantages over tr…
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Public sector crackdown on supplier tax avoidance
Chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, and Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, today unveiled the measures, which are due to come into effect on 1 April, after the draft guidance undergoes consultation by the government.
The ne…
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Fleet ‘behaviour-tracking’ kicks in
The technology aims to help fleet operators identify drivers who are compromising safety and fuel efficiency by their behaviour behind the wheel.
The driver monitoring technology, launched by Navman Wireless USA, includes four new repo…
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