Supply chains for businesses, big and small, are finding themselves under pressure to reduce costs, improve efficiency and assist in…
Browsing: Sourcing and procurement
It’s not that unusual to hear stories about how some big retailers treat their suppliers – but it is unusual…
The news is full of the Ebola epidemic and war in the Middle East. But these are not the biggest…
Top procurement organisations generate significantly higher savings than the average, but are they reaching the limits of what savings can be…
The news is full of conflict at the moment – conflict in Gaza, in Iraq and the Ukraine. And then…
The news is full of conflict at the moment – conflict in Gaza, in Iraq and the Ukraine. And then there is the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. So it would be reasonable to assume that supply chain risk is increasing
Dairy Crest has chosen Proxima, the procurement services provider, to manage some £250 million of spend, focusing on indirect costs in areas such as fleet and logistics, corporate services and supply chain
More than one in ten business leaders think modern slavery is likely to be in their supply chains, according to a poll by YouGov for the Chartered Instituted of Purchasing and Supply. And the institute is now warning that the UK could be sleepwalking into
Inchcape Shipping Services has appointed Matthew Phelps as senior vice president, procurement and operations integration
More than half of UK manufacturers don’t audit their supply chains in terms of ethical issues like child of slave labour, according to new research from Achilles
