Author Archives: Procurement Leaders News

Everything Everywhere, the mobile communications group formed from the merger of Orange and T-Mobile, reports it has completed the final stage of its signal sharing project to merge the two networks.

A UK energy intermediary company has begun offering businesses a collective purchasing service for gas and electricity contracts.

The global value for the aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul market will reach almost $50bn this year, new research predicts.

12 million parts have been involved in incidents of counterfeiting between the beginning of 2007 and April 2012 according to industry analysts IHS.

IBM has unveiled a package of software and services designed to help chief marketing officers (CMO) deliver personalised communications on mobile devices and social media channels.

The vast majority of businesses say that sustainability is vital to their future growth, but almost half say that margins are currently lower on sustainable products and services, according to new research.

German software company SAP has shaken the procurement technology space by announcing an agreement to acquire the b2b ecommerce firm Ariba.

Research group Gartner has announced its eighth annual Supply Chain 25 rankings, placing retail giants Amazon and McDonald’s alongside mainstays Apple, Dell and Procter & Gamble.

“The role of procurement has to change,” Eva Wimmers (pictured), SVP of procurement at Deutsche Telekom told a packed room of CPOs at the Procurement Leaders London Forum.

Market watchers have predicted that annual global procurement packaging budgets will grow by more than 10% this year.