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Category Archives: Purchasing
Infosys acquisition aids Australasian expansion plans
The business process outsourcing subsidiary of Infosys buys up procurement specialist the Portland Group.
Posted in 2011, Angeline Albert, Australia, cat-news, Home page top story, International, News, Outsourcing, Purchasing, Technology
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Angola named one of world’s riskiest business places
The southern African nation is one of nine countries labelled ‘extreme risk’ in an analyst report.
Posted in 2011, cat-news, Fraud & corruption, International, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity, Southern Africa, Supply chain
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Angola named one of world’s riskiest business places
The southern African nation is one of nine countries labelled ‘extreme risk’ in an analyst report.
Posted in 2011, cat-news, Fraud & corruption, Home page top story, International, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity, Southern Africa, Supply chain
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EU outlines reform of public procurement rules
Amendments will allow for greater negotiation with suppliers and reduce the amount of paperwork, in what the EC describes as “necessary, ambitious and realistic” changes to regulations.
Posted in 2011, cat-news, Ed's choice public sector, Law, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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Buyers reveal ‘sexy’ elements of procurement
SM asked readers to describe the sexiest aspect of procurement, click the link to discover what they said…
Posted in 2011, Careers, cat-news, News, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain
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Congressman calls for change to nickels and pennies
US legislation aims to mint nickels and pennies in steel – so they cost less to produce than their monetary value.
Posted in 2011, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
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MPs demand NAO investigation into Thameslink train contract
The Transport Committee has demanded the spending watchdog examine whether the decision to award a train manufacturing contract to Siemens was correct.
Posted in 2011, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Supply chain
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FleetCor buys fuel card provider AllStar Business for £194 million
The two businesses have also signed a five-year deal to provide fuel card services to AllStar’s owner, Arval UK.
Posted in 2011, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Technology
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IBM to take over e-procurement provider Emptoris
But customers will have to wait for the deal to close before the full impact becomes clear.
Posted in 2011, cat-news, News, Placement, Purchasing, Technology
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GPA pot increases to $100 billion
The 42 country signatories to the Government Procurement Agreement agreed to open up more of their infrastructure and local council deals to each other at a summit in Doha yesterday.
Posted in 2011, cat-news, International, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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