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Category Archives: cat-news
How are CPOs measured?
Cost savings are not the only metric used to evaluate the performance of chief procurement officers, as companies increasingly focus on non-tangible measures.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity
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MoD lambasted for inefficient stock-keeping
The UK’s defence department has been accused of wasting money on holding unnecessarily large stocks of clothing, medical supplies and spares for vehicles, ships and aircraft.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Public sector, Supply chain, Technology
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Good procurement increasingly important in sport
Better buying is enabling sportsmen like Moto2 rider Bradley Smith to focus on competing while keeping costs under control.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page picture story, News, Outsourcing, Purchasing
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Law proposed to prevent local authority corruption in Namibia
Institute of Public Policy Research report provides recommendations to halt public sector sleaze.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Fraud & corruption, Home page top story, News, Public sector
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Use corporate goals to get P2P system compliance
Buyers advised to link use of purchase-to-pay technology to a company-wide aim to get employees to conform.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Purchasing, Technology
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Government spending controls made permanent
I want Whitehall procurement to become as sharp as the best businesses’, said Francis Maude.
Posted in 2011, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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Businesses looking to buy mobile apps
Survey finds that 78 per cent of large businesses are looking to purchase mobile apps.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Technology
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Ghana government e-procurement pledge
High-spend departments expect to be able to use the technology in the next 12 months.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Technology
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BMW tops ranking in supplier relationship index
Vendors said the key reason for the improvement was because BMW provided them with the potential to make a profit over the lifetime of their deals.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
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Supply chain changes could cut offshore wind farm costs by 30 per cent
A taskforce set up by the UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change has issued 28 recommendations it believes could save £3 billion a year.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Public sector, Supply chain, Sustainability
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