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The former vice president of global procurement at IT services company Fujitsu, Guy Allen, has joined procurement consulting and outsourcing firm 4C Associates as managing partner.

Significant gaps have opened up between US and European steel contracts, highlighting the state of business confidence on both sides of the Atlantic.

Recruitment experts have reported a “significant rise” in demand for supply chain and procurement professionals over the last quarter.

The recent and on-going flooding in Thailand continues to hit global semiconductor supply chains, a US trade association has warned.

China has been a bedrock of stability in recent years as both Europe and the US teetered ever closer to economic stagnation. The worry now, however, is that the country that has been the engine of the global economy could be in danger of running out of…

As 2012 gets underway, there are mixed signals over the state of the economy with European manufacturing contraction slowing despite the Eurozone crisis and ongoing economic gloom.

Ford has unveiled an “aggressive” sustainability programme centring on efforts to achieve a global water reduction target of 30% per vehicle by 2015

Semiconductor executives are reigning in expectations for growth in 2012, according to new research.

Is Walmart about to re-define supplier relationship management? That’s certainly the hope of the US retail giant which – shortly before Christmas – announced ambitious plans to reinvigorate its online fortunes.

Opnext, a US-headquartered company that designs and manufacturers optical modules and components, has disclosed the impact that recent and on-going flooding in Thailand on its business.