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Category Archives: cat-news
Microsoft’s procurement reboot delivers millions in savings
The technology business has overhauled its procurement team structure to create more value from its $16 billion (£9.8 billion) global spend.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Outsourcing, Purchasing, Risk & continuity, Technology, Travel
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Start quickly to set up a strong supply chain
The logistics firm handling the supply chain for antiretroviral drugs in South Africa adopted a ‘learn by doing’ approach to distribution.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Southern Africa, Supply chain
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BP details supply chain response to oil spill
The supply chain team at the oil and gas firm had to contend with opportunistic ‘suppliers’ and a shortage of clean-up products in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Ed's choice supply chain, International, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity, Supply chain
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Qtel aims to ‘build right, buy right’
The strategy aims to create efficiencies up front, as well as boosting the telecoms business’ competitive advantage, according to its CPO.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, SRM
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Toyota chiefs hail procurement’s role in ambitious profit goal
Toyota chief executives have praised the “huge contribution” of cost cutting measures in the carmaker’s drive toward its target of $12.54bn operating profit.
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Apple and Foxconn to share labour cost increases
Apple will share the initial costs of improving labour conditions at the Chinese factories with its supplier, Foxconn.
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Marketing strategies still reeling from Lehman collapse
Corporate marketing strategies have never recovered from the panic engendered by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, WPP Group CEO Martin Sorrell has claimed.
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Wireless networking standard to boost mobile telephony integration
The latest Wifi wireless networking standard is designed to improve integration with cellular mobile telephony systems, the IEEE standards body has announced.
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Procurement helps American Red Cross survive
The non-profit organisation’s CEO Gail McGovern has paid tribute to the “big difference” made by the function since it was centralised and paid tribute to its “fabulous” CPO Jill Bossi.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Ed's choice risk & continuity, International, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity, Supply chain, Sustainability
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Use ‘big ticket’ projects to develop suppliers
Purchasers should look to improve the core skills of suppliers through major projects, said the head of procurement at Petro SA.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Southern Africa, SRM
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