Wal-Mart on the green march
July 17, 2009
It seems Wal-Mart has stolen a march in the retail sector with its new scheme to map the entire lifecycle of each of its products.
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Innovation should be expected
July 16, 2009
Our news story this week on the government’s need to demand innovation from suppliers raises an important point. Shouldn’t suppliers be innovative without being asked?
Job market revival?
July 15, 2009
Perhaps it will come as no surprise that the procurement job market is under strain.
Once more unto the breach
July 14, 2009
Is there any aspect of your job more time-consuming than legal disputes?
Procurement in the news – what stands out?
July 13, 2009
As we put together this year’s guide to procurement for university graduates, we were trying to identify stories that had appeared in the national news involving purchasing that demonstrate the profession’s impact on the world around us.
Demand managing Mariah Carey requests
July 10, 2009
I attended a very good procurement professionals networking event this week. Organised by the Blueprint Club, 20 of us took a tour of BBC Television Centre in London’s Wood Lane.
What represents good progress?
July 9, 2009
“Rome wasn’t built in a day,” football manager Brian Clough once said. “But I wasn’t on that particular job.”
BA buyers working for free
July 8, 2009
Buyers at British Airways are leading by example and working for free for a month.
Talk a green game
July 7, 2009
A striking figure from one of our web stories yesterday. Some 60 per cent of 173 public sector IT buyers are not aware of the government’s Greening Government ICT strategy. The project launched last year by cabinet minister Tom Watson, included targets to specify environmental criteria in IT tenders and make government technology carbon neutral [...]
Now’s the time to hire some graduates
July 6, 2009
According to figures released by the Association of Graduate Recruiters today, there are on average 48 applicants for each vacancy for students leaving university this year.
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