Etihad Airways named procurement team of the year at CIPS Middle East Awards
Etihad Airways was named procurement team of the year prize at the CIPS Middle East Awards held in Dubai last night.
Nominees and guests gathered for the second annual celebration or procurement and supply chain success at the InterContinental Hotel, Festival City in t... more...
BT suppliers cut carbon footprint
An initiative within BT’s supply chain has helped the company’s suppliers reduce their carbon footprint by 30,238 tonnes within its first year.
The Better Future Supplier Forum (BFSF) was set up in April 2012 to promote best practice in sustainability within the supply... more...
Sainsbury’s rewards suppliers for their efforts
Sainsbury’s head of procurement Neil Bradford and senior buyer, retail, Sam Woodhouse, this week presented a clutch of their top suppliers with awards for their work.
In the ‘risk and governance’ category, Addleshaw Goddard won for continuing to exceed expectations in ... more...
Tyre producer Pirelli puts suppliers on the podium
Pirelli has rewarded nine of its global suppliers for making significant contributions to help the company meet its strategic goals.
The tyre manufacturer, which supplies tyres to Formula One racing, rewarded the work of six raw materials suppliers, one components supp... more...
Heineken aims to increase local sourcing
Global brewer Heineken says it wants to “considerably” increase the amount of raw materials such as barley it buys from local suppliers.
In its Sustainability Report 2012 published this week, the company, which owns the Heineken, Amstel and Birra Moretti brands, identi... more...
Unilever cuts carbon dioxide by one million tonnes
Unilever has reduced the carbon dioxide emissions from its manufacturing and logistics operations by more than one million tonnes – the equivalent of taking 250,000 cars off the road, the company has announced.
In a statement, the food and consumer goods giant said the... more...
Buyers expected to achieve more despite budget cuts and fewer staff
Procurement functions must deliver against a broader set of objectives this year, but face cuts to both budget and headcount.
According to Procurement Key Issues Research, published last week by The Hackett Group, while cost cutting remains top of the agenda, boards an... more...
Turnover: a new leaf
Staff turnover is rising and unless you offer an attractive career package, the brightest procurement talent could walk, warns Anna Reynolds.
Finding skilled procurement professionals is a challenge, but holding on to them is even harder. At the moment, staff retentio... more...
Yum! Brands commits to sustainable packaging
Yum! Brands has pledged to ensure its packaging is not knowingly made from illegal or unwanted fibre sources and give preference to suppliers that have been verified by third parties.
The world’s largest fast food company, which owns KFC and Pizza Hut, stopped short of... more...
Procurement aims to feed in more revenue at Football Association
Procurement is helping to make money for the Football Association (FA), not just save it.
In an exclusive interview with Supply Management, procurement manager Ian Fenwick said that in his first year in the job, he and his colleagues have been instrumental in bringing ... more...
Diageo boosts emerging markets with supply chain restructure
Diageo is restructuring its global supply chain and procurement function as emerging markets account for a bigger percentage of its business.
By February 2016, the manufacturer of brands including Johnnie Walker whisky and Smirnoff vodka aims to source 50 per cent of i... more...
Formula One extends logistics deal with DHL
Formula One has extended its global deal with DHL as its official logistics provider.
Under the deal DHL will provide services such as express, ocean and air freight, customs brokerage and specialist handling at race circuits. The firm will handle shipping diverse, se... more...
Construction sector hits three-year low
The UK construction sector continued to shrink last month, according to the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI).
The Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI for February showed the industry declined at the fastest pace since October 2009, recording a figure of 46.8, droppi... more...
Frameworks save time to focus on big deals
Purchasing professionals should see framework agreements as a means to free up their time to focus on the purchases that can deliver big savings, according to the procurement manager at the Natural History Museum.
Speaking at the London Universities Purchasing Consorti... more...
Government and industry pump £213 million into manufacturing supply chain
The UK manufacturing supply chain has received a £213 million boost to protect jobs and drive growth after the government and industry linked up to support the sector.
The joint investment, with £73 million in government funds via the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chai... more...
SABMiller boosts local sourcing with R700 million investment
Global brewer SABMiller is investing R700 million (£52 million) in a new malting plant in South Africa to support the local economy and create jobs.
Construction of the new plant in Alrode, Gauteng, will begin this year and will involve local industry in its developmen... more...
Office Depot and OfficeMax agree merger
The merger between Office Depot and OfficeMax, which will create a company with revenues of $18 billion (£11.77 billion), is forecast to create the opportunity for up to $600 million (£392 million) to be saved over the next three years.
Yesterday, the two companies ann... more...
Dairy Crest aims for savings with single supply chain
Dairy Crest expects to make annual savings of £5 million by consolidating its dairy and food businesses into one, creating a unified supply chain.
From 1 April, Mike Barrington will join the management board and lead the integrated supply chain, having been supply chai... more...
Apple procurement boss on success
Successful people “do the work, and then do a lot more,” according to Adrian Turner, Apple’s head of corporate procurement covering Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa.
He was one of a number of speakers at a CIPS Ministry of Defence Special Interest Group’s ‘Cel... more...
Best practice is not ‘one size fits all’
Best practice should be applied within the context of what customers and stakeholders are looking to achieve rather than in a one-size fits all fashion, according to a senior buyer at Novartis.
In an interview published in the latest edition of Supply Business, Chris H... more...
