Welcome Sunday, September 07, 2008
Supplier Relationship Management Articles
Bottom of the Barrel 
With demand for raw materials soaring, securing supplies is now a key battle. Malcolm Wheatley reports on how procurement executives are approaching the challenge.
Aug 08
Big Blue's Red adventure
Relocating its procurement team to China was a bold, leading-edge strategy. Two years on, IBM's John Paterson has no regrets.
Aug 08
Accenture’s chief urges procurement to prepare for downturn
Procurement Leaders spoke to Kris Timmermans, managing partner of sourcing and procurement at Accenture, about the role procurement has to play in a recession. This is what he had to say.
Jul 08
Power Mad
Dr Joanne Meehan investigates the power in buyer-seller relationships. Surprisingly, it’s all underpinned by honesty.
Jun 08
It’s been a bad summer for procurement…
Supplier management costs money, but it is not an optional extra, says Robin Jackson.
May 08
Buyers Beware!
Globalisation increases buying power, says Robin Jackson, but makes it more crucial for procurement professionals to guard against abuse of the market.
May 08
Freight Expectations
Sustainable procurement is more than a public relations exercise. In Wal-Mart's case, a negotiation to reduce supplier packaging led to almost 500 fewer freight containers and a €2.4M saving, writes Richard Edwards.
Apr 08
Credit where credit's due
The UK’s Institute of Credit Management is leading a European push to publish details of how long companies take to settle invoices.
Apr 08
Jean-Francois Baril - The inside outsider
His career has taken him from his native France to the UK, the US and Africa. Now based in Finland with Nokia, Jean-François Baril talks to Mark Whitehead about supplier relationships and his four components for success.
Jan 08
Supplier Diversity: What it Means in Europe
The concept of 'supplier diversity' is well established in the USA, where legislation requires a certain proportion of contracts emanating from the public sector to be awarded to companies that are 51% owned and controlled by women and people from minority ethnic groups.
Dec 07
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