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Category Archives: cat-news
A crisp new supply chain role for Diamond Foods
The company that owns the Kettle Chips brand has created a vice president position to oversee its global operations and supply chain.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing
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HP takes LCD suppliers to court
HP has accused suppliers Chunghwa Picture Tubes and Tatung Company of America of conspiring to set prices and restrict output of LCD panels between 1998 and 2006, which allegedly cost the company more than $1bn in damages from overcharges.
The compan…
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Lufthansa looks to procurement to cut rising fuel costs
The airline is facing rising fuel costs and strong competition from gulf-based airlines and in an employee newsletter distributed at the beginning of this week said it planned to reduce unit costs at its long-haul service by 10% by 2015 and by 20% by …
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Eurocopter and CGAMEC expand MRO capabilities in China
According to CGAMEC, the expansion of its blade repair business builds on its previous qualification as a Eurocopter-approved centre for a variety of helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services on helicopter types that range from the li…
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Australian companies increase affiliate marketing spend
According to the inaugural 2012 Australian Affiliate Marketing Benchmarking survey from online performance marketing agency and affiliate network dgmAustralia, media agencies are demonstrating a more sophisticated understanding and application of affi…
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AUTUMN STATEMENT: UK chancellor demands further efficiency savings from departments
Whitehall must deliver another 1 per cent cut next year and a further two per cent the year after as George Osborne tells underperforming departments to up their game to the level of the Department for Education and Department for Communities and Local…
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AUTUMN STATEMENT: Procurement for new-look PFI plan to be centralised
Departments will be encouraged to establish centralised procurement units to carry out purchasing for public-private funded projects while government considers creating a single cross-government unit.
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Firms that help others avoid tax should be blacklisted
MP Margaret Hodge said today the government should use the ‘power of the public purse’ to encourage businesses to pay their taxes.
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Supermarkets face fines for bullying suppliers
The government is sending a ‘strong message’ to retailers by giving the Groceries Code Adjudicator ‘more teeth’ to tackle poor treatment of suppliers, supporters say.
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UK services see first fall in orders in almost two years
“Growth of business activity in the services sector ground almost to a halt in November,” said Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit.
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