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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Most companies not doing due diligence on supply chain
Nearly a third of companies have not carried out any checks on what takes place in their supply chain.
Posted in 2013, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity, Supply chain
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OCS hires Paul Morrison to lead procurement
The facilities management provider has appointed the former supply chain manager at Manchester Airports Group as head of procurement and fleet.
Posted in 2013, Careers, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
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Strike action limits profit at Super Group
Profit at the supply chain division of the South African logistics and fleet business was 5 per cent lower than expected because of the impact of strikes by truck drivers last year.
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Supply problems force Maker’s Mark to reduce alcohol
The drinks company is to lower the alcohol content of its bourbon whisky to make supplies go further, having experienced increased demand and the effects of a commodity shortage.
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Airline merger creates cost saving opportunity
The deal was approved by the boards of both companies earlier in the week and it is expected to close in the third quarter of this year. The new airline will take the American Airlines name but current CEO of US Airways, Doug Parker, will run it at le…
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Wood Group fires up US energy MRO deal
The deal is centred on the operation of the Gila River Power Station, one of the largest independent power plants in the US.
Located near Phoenix, Arizona the station has eight GE Frame 7FA gas turbines, eight heat recovery steam generators and is ca…
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Middle East ups cloud spend
The increase in spending will represent a 24.5% increase from 2012, with revenue forecast to reach $462.3m in 2013, according to Gartner. The Middle Eastern and Northern African public cloud services market is forecast by the research group …
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Mobile telephony costs soar
New research from iPass has revealed that global companies pay on average more than £60 per month per device as part of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) deployments.
Russell Lux, commercial director at Teliqo, a provider of cloud-based telephony se…
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Tax evaders face government contracts ban
Government departments will be able to exclude companies from bidding for public deals worth more than £2 million if they have broken tax laws, under proposals announced by the Treasury and Cabinet Office yesterday.
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David Powell to apply his skills to Avon cosmetics
The global beauty company has appointed him as senior vice president of business transformation and global supply chain.
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