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Japanese conglomerate Hitachi has announced plans to cut its annual operating costs by 5% in four years as it looks to improve financials.

The UK Post Office is gearing up to reorganise its IT procurement operations as it prepares to spin off from the Royal Mail.

The UK Post Office is gearing up to reorganise its IT procurement operations as it prepares to spin off from the Royal Mail.

A continued focus on reducing operating costs will have “mixed consequences” for procurement, supply chain and logistics professionals in 2012, according to a new report.

The globalisation of technology supply chains is leaving the US government open to “multiple risks”, a new federal report has warned.

Chinese telecoms supplier Huawei has been barred from bidding on a large broadband project in Australia because of ’security concerns’.

McDonald’s has been seeking to reassure British farmers that it is committed to sourcing products from domestic producers.

US automotive giant Chrysler has beefed up its minority supplier purchasing programme according to its purchasing chief.

Fifteen large US corporations yesterday unveiled a scheme designed to open up their combined $300bn annual spend on goods and services to small businesses.

Procurement offers one of the main opportunities for companies to cut costs and drive growth in 2012, says a poll of chief finance officers.