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Category Archives: Supply chain
Pick n Pay boycotts ‘expensive’ suppliers
The South African retailer has removed products from stores in Swaziland and South Africa until suppliers lower prices.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, International, News, Purchasing, Southern Africa, Supply chain
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Buyers split over what to tell suppliers about foreign haulier use
Half of those responding to the SM100 poll said they would encourage suppliers to use UK haulage firms instead of foreign hauliers, the other half would not.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
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Businesses plan to boost procurement spend
Professional services identified as highest priority spend category.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
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Businesses plan to boost procurement spend
Professional services identified as highest priority spend category.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
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Lack of IT integration hinders supply chain efficiency
Construction and engineering firms say chief cause of supply chain inefficiencies is lack of integration of processes and IT systems.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, Supply chain, Technology
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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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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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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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