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Category Archives: SRM
Economist tells Scottish MPs of procurement failings
Margaret Cuthbert criticised the purchasing process for the Forth Replacement Crossing arguing that smaller Scottish businesses were shut out.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, SRM
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Buyers told to cut out illegally sourced wood risk
“We’re firing off a warning shot that there is one year to go before the regulation becomes law” the Timber Trade Federation says buyers should prepare now for the European Timber Regulation or face criminal charges.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain, Sustainability
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AstraZeneca’s buyers win ‘hearts and minds’
“There is value to be had in procurement not just ticking boxes but maintaining stakeholder relations post-implementation,” Tom Dexter.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Outsourcing, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain
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Half of buyers use social media to do their job
Asked whether the procurement function uses social media to do its job, 51 per cent said yes, with the remainder saying no.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain, Technology
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Half of buyers use social media to do their job
Asked whether the procurement function uses social media to do its job, 51 per cent said yes, with the remainder saying no.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain, Technology
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Don’t like SRM? Try ‘active supplier collaboration’
The term supplier relationship management sends out the wrong message to vendors, according to a senior buyer at A.P. Møller-Maersk.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain
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XP Power to bring contracted manufacturing in China in-house
The company, which makes AC/DC power supplies used in equipment such as MRI scanners, said the move would increase buyer confidence and quality control.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain
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Buyers spark eureka moments in NHS suppliers
A senior purchaser at an NHS trust said a supplier got so inspired at an awards event that a cost saving idea was born on a beer mat.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, SRM, Supply chain
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UK Power Networks chops tree cutting spend by 28 per cent
“We might, during the course of a year shut the same overhead line down twice – if we were a bit more joined up, we could shut it just once,” head of procurement Philip Patterson.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain
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MPs should use downtime to appoint groceries supply adjudicator
National Farmers Union wants “referee to go along with the rulebook”.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain
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