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Category Archives: Purchasing
Copper costs cause increase in railway cable theft
From 2009 to now, high demand has pushed copper prices from around $3,500 per tonne to $8,500 per tonne at their highest point.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
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New customers boost Ariba revenue
Spend management tech firm attributes the increase to new deals signed in the past three months.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, Technology
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Apple CEO promises to ”dig deeper” into supply chain issues
“What we will not do, and never have done, is stand still or turn a blind eye to problems in our supply chain,” Tim Cook told staff in an email.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain
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Church aims to save parishes £10 million
A new online buying portal will give 13,000 parishes access to framework agreements for IT software, energy and photocopying.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Supply chain, Technology
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Four purchasers found guilty in £66m corruption case
Southwark Crown Court finds four men conspired to receive payments from bidders in exchange for supplying insider information about contracts.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Fraud & corruption, International, News, Purchasing
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Climate change presents a ‘material risk’ to the supply chain
A report warns the majority of organisations have not faced up to the problems and disruption that a changing climate will cause to business operations.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity, Supply chain, Sustainability
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UK government accused of ignoring IT supplier ‘collusion’
The Public Administration Select Committee has criticised the government for not investigating claims of anti-competitive behaviour by large IT vendors raised in the summer.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Supply chain, Technology
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Commodity prices to drop 14 per cent in 2012
IMF: “Well-anchored inflation expectations will keep inflation pressures subdued.”
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
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HP announces SME supplier support scheme
Technology firm offers small vendors the use of security and compliance testing systems to help them win government contracts.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain
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Lorry road charges could push up haulage prices
The UK government has launched a consultation on whether to introduce a daily £10 charge for hauliers to use Britain’s roads.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
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