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Introducing Supply Business, the quarterly supply review for business leaders

November 27, 2012

Rebecca Ellinor, managing editor, Supply ManagementAs announced by CIPS CEO David Noble at this year’s CIPS Annual Conference, from January CPO Agenda magazine will be relaunched with a new name and new look, and will be called Supply Business.

As every CPO will be aware, the attention on the profession from the higher echelons of senior management has dramatically increased. (more…)

Cost cutting – a warning

January 24, 2012

This month’s SM provided confirmation that, among 3,000 respondents, cost cutting was their number one priority for 2012.  It would be a foolish professional who suggested that this topic was ever going to be eliminated from the role of the buyer. It has always been of critical importance and always will be, as long as organisations are competing to provide the best value products and services into a value-conscious marketplace. (more…)