-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Archives
Categories
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- Analysis
- Angeline Albert
- Ascertain
- Australia
- Business change
- Business change
- Careers
- cat-news
- Central government
- CIPS SM Awards
- Contact
- Ed's choice business change
- Ed's choice careers
- Ed's choice international
- Ed's choice low cost sourcing
- Ed's choice outsourcing
- Ed's choice public sector
- Ed's choice purchasing
- Ed's choice risk & continuity
- Ed's choice Southern Africa
- Ed's choice SRM
- Ed's choice supply chain
- Ed's choice sustainability
- Ed's choice technology
- Ed's choice travel
- Features
- Fraud & corruption
- Headline News
- home
- Home page picture story
- Home page top story
- International
- Intro business change
- Intro fraud & corruption
- Jake Kanter
- Law
- Law analysis
- Local government
- Low cost sourcing
- Main sections
- Maintain
- News
- News focus
- Opinion
- Outsourcing
- Paid for photos
- Partners
- Paul Snell
- People
- Placement
- PMI reports
- Public sector
- Purchasing
- Realise
- Rebecca Ellinor
- Recession & economic downturn
- Resources
- Risk & continuity
- Sectors
- Services
- SM 100
- Southern Africa
- SRM
- Supply chain
- Sustainability
- Technology
- TEST
- Topics
- Travel
- Uncategorized
- Why Us
- Year
Meta
Category Archives: Outsourcing
Fewer than half of firms use e-sourcing
More money is often spent on buying the technology than teaching staff how to use it, according to consultancy State of Flux.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Outsourcing, Purchasing
Comments Off on Fewer than half of firms use e-sourcing
Procurian acquires US energy purchasing business
Utilities Analyses is renamed Procurian Energy and will manage a spend of around $3 billion (£1.92 million).
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Outsourcing
Comments Off on Procurian acquires US energy purchasing business
‘More troops should have been used from start’ for Olympics security
Contracting the armed forces in the first instance could have avoided problems with the London 2012 security contract, an academic has said.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page picture story, News, Outsourcing, Public sector, Purchasing
Comments Off on ‘More troops should have been used from start’ for Olympics security
Invest in IT systems that offer greater detail
Buyers should be able to gather data to allow for greater analysis of procurement spend, rather than relying on ERP systems or stakeholder requirements.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Outsourcing, Purchasing
Comments Off on Invest in IT systems that offer greater detail
Cost reduction remains the motivation for IT outsourcing
Cutting costs still reigns supreme with clients, but its importance has fallen over the past two years.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Outsourcing, Purchasing
Comments Off on Cost reduction remains the motivation for IT outsourcing
GSH Group outsources buying to Optimum Procurement
The technology firm has handed over control of around £100 million spend to the procurement outsourcing provider.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Outsourcing, Purchasing
Comments Off on GSH Group outsources buying to Optimum Procurement
Olympic security contract chaos was ‘predictable’, says PAC chairman
MP Margaret Hodge has said problems at the supplier G4S have undermined confidence in those managing the London games.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Outsourcing, Public sector, Purchasing
Comments Off on Olympic security contract chaos was ‘predictable’, says PAC chairman
Clients believe outsourcers invent work for extra money
A survey finds 65 per cent of IT staff think their outsourcing provider is coming up with additional work to increase revenue.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Outsourcing, Purchasing
Comments Off on Clients believe outsourcers invent work for extra money
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
Comments Off on Good procurement increasingly important in sport
Which organisations have been shortlisted in the 2012 CIPS SM Awards?
The shortlist for the CIPS Supply Management Awards 2012 is revealed today.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Outsourcing, Public sector, Risk & continuity, Sustainability, Technology
Comments Off on Which organisations have been shortlisted in the 2012 CIPS SM Awards?
