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Procurement and Purchasing

Procurement is the effective acquisition of goods or services. It is important that the goods/services procured are appropriate and that they are purchased at the lowest possible price to meet the needs of the purchaser in terms of quality and quantity, time, and location. Procurement.com offers a comprehensive collection of insightful articles chronicling procurement best practices and purchasing intelligence.
  
Videocast Registration: On the Trail to Traceability
Successfully Executing Recalls in an Era of New Legislation, New Complexity, New Challenges
Supply Chain Digest  -   6/5/2012 4:19 AM
 
  
Videocast Registration: Accelerating Voice Adoption: The Story at Giant Eagle
How new Vocollect VoiceExpress Speeds the Transition to Voice with no WMS Changes and Minimal IT Staffing demands
Supply Chain Digest  -   5/22/2012 4:19 PM
 
  
A cautious partnership
Renata Towlson outlines the difficulties that can arise when awarding a public sector contract to a small private company, and the misgivings on both sides that must be overcome.
Supply Management Procurement Blog  -   5/18/2012 5:23 AM
 
  
Businesses cut waste in supply chain by 70,000 tonnes
Retailers and food manufacturers have collaborated to reduce the amount of waste produced through supply chain operations.
Supply Management  -   5/17/2012 9:30 PM
 
  
One in four businesses seek alternative to oil
A total of 69 per cent research respondents cited the price of Brent Crude oil remaining above $100 per barrel as the primary reason to move away from using it.
Supply Management  -   5/17/2012 9:00 PM
 
  
Businesses cut waste in supply chain by 70,000 tonnes
Retailers and food manufacturers have collaborated to reduce the amount of waste produced through supply chain operations.
Supply Management  -   5/17/2012 8:00 PM
 
  
Contracts for May 17, 2012
Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.
US Department of Defense  -   5/17/2012 4:59 PM
 
  
Vodafone Ghanas Healthline wins international award - Vibe Ghana
Vodafone Ghana’s groundbreaking initiative, ‘Healthline’ has been awarded the Best Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiative at the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), UK, Awards Ceremony in South Africa. The awards ceremony, which was held to honour companies that Read more...
Supply Chain Review  -   5/17/2012 2:59 PM
 
  
Alexandria District Tackles 3-Year ERP Project - T.H.E. Journal
Alexandria City Public Schools has gone public with a June 2011 decision to implement a new set of enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications at the same time the city of Alexandria is doing the same. The school district evaluation took about a year. Both Virginia organizations have Read more...
Supply Chain Review  -   5/17/2012 1:09 PM
 
  
TrackIT launches Cloud-based asset tracking system - RFID News
TrackIT Solutions, an RFID solutions provider based in the Middle East, announced the launch of EnTrackAsset, a Web-enabled RFID tracking solution designed to streamline and automate corporate asset management. EnTrackAsset provides effective asset tracking without the need for heavy infrastructure and capital investments – clients only need a c
Supply Chain Review  -   5/17/2012 9:27 AM
 
  
Ask 1000 freight forwarders a question? Goodluck with that - The Loadstar
What to make of the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index, snappily sub-titled: Connecting to Compete? First things first: it’s a dull read. The Loadstar has spent a few forlorn hours wading through the stats-speak and various league tables so our readers don’t have to. But if you enjoy a bit Read more...
Supply Chain Review  -   5/17/2012 7:06 AM
 
  
IMPERIALs North East carriers goes the extra mile with "green" transport ... ...
NEC MD Johann Schreuder says that the new trailer design which mimics the perfect aerodynamic lines of a natural teardrop is expected to achieve fuel saving benefits of between 9 and 13%. In addition to this, the design also provides for increased payloads which translate into fewer Read more...
Supply Chain Review  -   5/17/2012 6:05 AM
 
  
Reining in maverick spend
Contract non-compliance is more than just a hindrance. Richard Hogg explores some of the reasons why other departments ‘go rogue’.
Supply Management Procurement Blog  -   5/17/2012 5:15 AM
 
  
CEVA Inaugurates First Control Tower In Turkey - LogisticsWeek
CEVA Logistics, a leading global supply chain management company, today announced the opening of a new Control Tower in Istanbul, an innovative information hub which enables the monitoring of all operations throughout the entire supply chain from a single central point. Developed with the latest IT solutions, the Control Tower Read more...
Supply Chain Review  -   5/17/2012 4:01 AM
 
  
Electrolux rolls out supply chain management program in Asia - The Asset
As the Asia-Pacific region becomes more and more important for global appliance company Electrolux, regional tax and treasury head Vipul Gupta is in the midst of rolling out a supply chain management program to maximize the benefits to them and their suppliers, something essential in a business like Read more...
Supply Chain Review  -   5/17/2012 3:07 AM
 
  
Global supply chain management software market grows - ChannelBiz
The worldwide supply chain management (SCM) software market has increased in revenue by 12.3 percent since 2010. According to a report by Gartner, this market totalled $7.7 billion in 2011, marking the second year of double-digit growth for the SCM software market. The analyst house said this was as a Read more...
Supply Chain Review  -   5/17/2012 3:00 AM
 
  
UK Contract Awards: Airedale Chemicals Wins Contract for Supplying ... - Water World
Airedale Chemicals Co. Ltd., West Yorkshire, won a contract award from Thames Water Utilities Ltd. for the supply of orthophosphoric acid. No contract amount was specified (Contract Award Notice No.: 2012/S 93-153417). According to the description: "Award for the supply of Orthophosphoric Acid 75 for plumb solvency control in Read more...
Supply Chain Review  -   5/17/2012 2:02 AM
 
  
Lean Supply Chain and Logistics Workshop Set for Lean Transportation Center - PR Web (press release)
The Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) and Third Party Logistics Provider (3PL) LeanCor Supply Chain Group will offer a two-day workshop, June 6-7, 2012, on how to apply lean principles to the extended enterprise, beginning with extended value-stream mapping to uncover waste. The Read more...
Supply Chain Review  -   5/17/2012 2:01 AM
 
  
£1 billion investment in the UK automotive supply chain
At least 160,000 Astra vehicles will be produced in the UK each year from 2015, which is expected to lead to local supplies increasing by at least a quarter.
Supply Management  -   5/16/2012 9:30 PM
 
  
Big players sign up to £1 billion low-carbon sourcing initiative
"There is huge potential to use the purchasing power of the public and private sectors to stimulate innovation," said Iain Gray, chief executive of the Technology Strategy Board.
Supply Management  -   5/16/2012 9:00 PM