Category Archives: Purchasing

Thibaut Eissautier appointed as Diageo CPO

The current chief procurement officer at McBride will join the global drinks manufacturer in August.

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KPN hires Pieter Swarts as new CPO

The Dutch telecoms firm has chosen the former Maxeda procurement director to transform its procurement function.

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Value for money from PPP projects is ‘yet to be proven’

The benefits gained from PFI projects are “too nebulous to provide any certainty that they outweigh all the known problems about PFI”.

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CIPS Africa launches to support region’s members

The new office will bring together operations in east, west and southern Africa in a move encompassing 16,000 members.

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SA unions urge Olympic kit deal to be scrapped

An alliance of trade unions is unhappy that a deal to manufacture the country’s kit for the Olympics has been awarded to a Chinese firm.

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SA unions urge Olympic kit deal to be scrapped

An alliance of trade unions is unhappy that a deal to manufacture the country’s kit for the Olympics has been awarded to a Chinese firm.

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P&G shares sustainability scorecard with rivals

The FMCG manufacturer is making its supplier rating system available to competitors to boost the environmental performance of supply chains.

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2012 will ‘test the mettle’ of the procurement profession

Purchasers will need to do much more this year with similar levels of resources to 2011, research from the Hackett Group suggests.

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NASA outsources procurement support

US space agency signs deal to handle contract processing worth up to $42 million (£26 million).

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Small suppliers pose no big risk to government

“I challenge anyone to find a correlation between failure to perform and size,” said Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude.

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