Some residents of San Francisco, California are taking a novel approach in using their purchasing power to drive sustainability.
Do you employ any “well poisoners” in your organisation? How about “walking dead”, “players” or “spectators”?
Anybody expecting to receive a diamond ring this Valentine’s Day may be sadly disappointed.
Achieving corporate social responsibility, managing ethical supply chains, and the conundrum of how best to audit suppliers in low cost countries – these are all tough tasks faced by a large number of today’s buyers.
By Jake Kanter According to this story in the Financial Times, the sale of vegetable seeds have increased up to 30 per cent this year as consumers look to cut costs by growing their own crops. US firm Burpee, which supplies to retailers such as Home Depot, has reported a dramatic jump in sales of [...]
By Jake Kanter Government IT spending has come in for a bit of criticism over the last month or so. Given the current economic climate, the press has got hold of stories on cost overruns and lengthy delays to technology programmes. All the reports have highlighted the inevitable price to the taxpayer, which the Times [...]
It surprised me that a majority of buyers are not speeding up their procurement process to help their suppliers. According to our latest SM poll 63 per cent of purchasers do not believe it is a priority to shorten their tender processes. I would have thought a quick procurement process would benefit both buyers and [...]
I was among the estimated 6 million people who didn’t make it into work yesterday. The extraordinary deluge of white stuff meant the day was affectionately branded a “snow event” by many, and pictures on the news showed children (and many adults) revelling in the novel conditions. But according to the Federation of Small Businesses, [...]
In some ways it was disappointing to hear Total’s HR manager come on the Today programme to discuss the Lindsey Oil Refinery wildcat strikes. Surely the procurement manager would have been a more appropriate choice?
