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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Products added for preferential procurement
The South African Department of Trade and Industry has listed a new range of products, including electrical and telecommunications cables, that must be purchased locally by the public sector.
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Falling yen eases cost pressure on Toyota
Speaking to Bloomberg, Kenichi Noda, executive managing officer at Toyota Boshoku, an affiliate of Toyota that makes interior parts and bumpers, said that the carmaker had won a number of price reductions over the past few years due to the strengtheni…
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GSK focuses on cutting cost in Europe
Europe, not the US, will be targeted by the reductions, a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) spokesperson told WRAL News.
“We are looking at opportunities to develop new technology in manufacturing and R&D which we believe will simplify supply chain processes…
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CPOs see less CSR risk in supply chains
Meanwhile, only a third of those CPO-level executives surveyed forecast an increase by that same measure.
It is likely that these responses refer to their own organisation’s supply chains and their activities compared to the prevailing environm…
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UPS sets up logistic fleet in California
The company claimed that the move marks one of the world’s largest deployments of zero-emission commercial trucks. The vehicles will be put into services throughout the state – including San Bernardino, Ceres, Fresno, Bakersfield and Sacramento,…
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Dell buy-out creates technology headaches
According to Carter Lusher, chief IT analyst at Ovum, while the moves makes strategic sense for Dell, customers must address any potential disruption it may cause to their procurement plans: “Ovum recommends that CIOs need to asset the risk to t…
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Leeds Council victorious in High Court battle
A judge has dismissed a £43.5 million damages claim from a property developer that alleged Leeds City Council had broken procurement rules and been deceitful over a tender process.
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Spending on technology consultants to increase
Increased demand for specialist help with IT in HR and operations departments is expected this year.
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Poor infrastructure in Africa pushes up input costs
The World Bank says disruptions to supply chains push up input costs by up to 200 per cent because of transport and telecoms barriers on the continent.
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Gerard Chick joins Optimum Procurement as chief knowledge officer
The former head of research and knowledge development at CIPS has been appointed by the procurement outsourcing and consultancy company.
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