The final month of 2011 provided a positive end to the year for UK service providers as activity and incoming new business both rose at their strongest rates since July, according to the latest Markit/CIPS survey
Browsing: Sourcing and procurement
The top entries for this year’s Sourcing & Procurement Award were: Travis Perkins, Unilever Supply Chain Company, Vodafone, and Babcock International Group – Marine and Technology Division
This is only the second year in which the Awards programme has included a category for Training & Professional Development. So far, both years have had very strong entries
The European Commission has set out plans to modernise public procurement within the European Union saying it had become a priority in view of current budgetary constraints
There has been a significant increase in demand and reward for procurement and supply management professionals during the course of the past year
The past year has seen some big challenges for supply chain professionals as a result of natural disasters and economic volatility
The House of Commons Transport Committee will today launch an enquiry into the procurement of the UK’s rolling stock of trains
BAE Systems has awarded a seven year procurement contract worth $800m (£486m), to technology services provider Xchanging
Cosmetics group L’Oréal has awarded a three-and-a-half year procurement co-sourcing contract to Xchanging, which will manage a significant amount of indirect procurement on behalf of L’Oréal across five countries – France, the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain
Police forces across the UK have made combined savings of £6 million, according to the National Policing Improvement Agency after deploying its Identity Access Management national framework
