You may have seen the story recently about supermodel Giselle not wanting to be paid in dollars anymore because of its recent fall in value. According to this story from the BBC, rapper Jay-Z is also featured with a briefcase full of euro notes in his latest music video. Are you seeing the affect of [...]
This week a buying assistant from London asked us: How do I sell to and engage internal customers to encourage them to make use of the procurement function and convince them it’s not all about red tape and barriers? Can you offer any tips or advice?
In the next issue of Supply Management, out tomorrow – Featured Articles In from the cold – How Birds Eye are overhauling procurement A good brief – How to buy legal services Procurement: the talent scouts – The second SM roundtable debate 12 Steps to outsourcing – Frequently asked questions about procurement outourcing Also this [...]
Five years ago the growth of e-commerce would have seemed unlikely to many. But has its popularity now peaked, or more to the point, has the rate of development and innovation slowed down? A survey of 600 marketplaces and 200 suppliers in 2002 commissioned by consultancy Achilles and conducted by the University of Oxford’s Said [...]
An embarrassing investigation for the government reveals that up to 5,000 illegal immigrants were unwittingly cleared to work as security guards for the Metropolitan police, and at ports and airports. Since 1999, employers have been compelled to check on the status of immigrants they employ, but this has not applied to the Security Industry Authority, [...]
The resignation of Lord Drayson earlier this week, who quit as defence procurement minister to become a racing driver, prompted some thoughts on giving notice. Leaving a job can be a difficult decision, and people are always advised to tread carefully when considering whether to depart quietly or go down in a blaze of glory. [...]
An SM reader has asked: How should I respond to a request from a supplier for an unscheduled price rise? – Purchasing officer, Bristol What do you think?
Private Equity (PE) firms are beginning to look at the value procurement can bring to a business, writes Paul Bakstad, supply chain – senior manager at Ernst & Young, in the latest soapbox. “The new PE owners recognise the need to have a team in place that can help them to realise these longer-term benefits [...]
One of the first articles that we published soon after I joined SM asked if buyers were getting the most out of supplier relationship management (SRM). Some of the criticism at the time was that it was underdeveloped and there wasn’t a consensus about how buyers should approach the topic. Meanwhile it seems to have [...]
The features in the latest issue of SM all have one thing in common – an awareness of the importance of leadership. At SM’s first roundtable debate, which explored the future of the profession, participants agreed they needed to take the lead to market procurement better to attract more talent and raise its profile. Meanwhile, [...]
