Category Archives: Technology

Asda buys into closer collaboration between suppliers

The retailer has launched a system to help it cut cost, waste and risk across its entire supply chain by encouraging its providers to work together.

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Buyers save healthy £2.7m for London NHS trusts

NHS co-operative implements e-procurement to make massive savings for five primary care trusts in the capital.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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CIOs name supply analytics as number one technology

Chief information officers may be forced back into ‘cost-cutting mode’, while senior executives expect technology to help them address tough economic conditions.

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E-auction adoption saves Probrand time and money

Buyers at the IT product reseller have been able to focus more on strategic purchasing activity thanks to technology.

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E-auction adoption saves Probrand time and money

Buyers at the IT product reseller have been able to focus more on strategic purchasing activity thanks to technology.

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Pernod Ricard’s purchasers get clarity on marketing spend

The maker of Jacob’s Creek, Chivas Regal and Absolut Vodka has put a spend management system in place to ensure staff order from preferred vendors.

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