The recruitment firm EdburyDaley has launched a survey on its website to analyse the rapid growth of the procurement profession over the last few years. The company wants to provide a snapshot of the current market, find out information about salary levels, what sort of benefits buyers receive as part of their role and how [...]
In the next issue of Supply Management, out on Thursday – Featured Articles What the CPO did next – How to make the next step, once you have made it to the top Virgin’s Vision – How buyers at Virgin Media changed the way they worked with suppliers Love don’t cost a thing – Passion [...]
While searching through the SM archive this article on "Killer Sourcers" from February 2003 caught my eye. The feature explained how a new breed of purchasing professional was being developed. These buyers were ruthless negotiators with little care for supplier relationships or management. It seems that the opposite is true now, with companies investing a [...]
According to this BBC story eBay is implementing what would seem to be a perfect world for buyers – no suppliers will be able to make complaints! SM readers probably wish this would translate to the professional world. No more complaints from suppliers about late payments, expensive tendering processes or biased selection procedures. But could [...]
In this issue’s Law Update, Belinda Doshi says: “many contractors rely on a range of other subcontractors to perform specialist services for them. The risk to the customer is that the prime contractor fails to manage these subcontractors properly – and the service received by the customer is compromised as a result.” How does your [...]
In this issue’s soapbox, Alastair Dryburgh says buyers need to expand their scope: "To make their full contribution, buyers should look beyond procurement. How much do you know about the profitability of what you buy? The recent case involving one of my clients illustrates the point. They sell pens among other things. I took samples [...]
“We love Boeing. **** the French,” Michael O’Leary apparently announced in a speech to Boeing workers. But months before the chief executive of Ryanair is reported as having given a much less romantic description of the negotiating process between the airline and its supplier. “We raped the *******!” he is said to have declared. O’Leary’s [...]
Tomorrow is "Super Tuesday" in the US, where voters across the country select their candidates for the upcoming presidential election in November. It may be a long way off for buyers this side of the pond, but the result could have big implications for the direction of US trade, imports and exports and even the [...]
Buyers are often keen to stress the importance of innovation among their suppliers, with the intention that this innovation will have some benefit to both businesses. A fact the inventors on this list from The Times seem to have mistakenly forgotten. What is the worst supplier innovation you have come across?
