- 30
- MAY
- 2012
Buyers baffled by airline charges
Author: Victoria Barnato - Categories: Cost Management
Managing business travel spend is becoming increasingly challenging due to the multiplication in fare types on top of new airline ancillary fees and credit card booking charges. more
- 28
- MAY
- 2012
SAP deepens it dominance: is this procurement’s fault?
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Spend Analytics
The Procurement Intelligence Unit is in the midst of its research into Requisition-to-Pay processes, and the the findings show weaknesses of current providers. more
- 22
- MAY
- 2012
How can you measure value?
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Procurement Strategy
Value creation is the next stage in procurement’s journey. The function has matured from its previous preoccupations with price and cost, and it’s now looking to make a bigger impact in business. more
- 14
- MAY
- 2012
R2P: Whose budget line is it anyway?
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Spend Analytics
The PIU has recently closed a survey focused on the Requisition-to-Pay (R2P) process. The most interesting aspect is not what is said by respondents, but what is not said. more
- 11
- MAY
- 2012
Apple and Foxconn share the bill on boosting labour conditions
Author: Maggie Slowik - Categories: CSR & Green
The Apple-Foxconn saga continues. more
- 08
- MAY
- 2012
The Bribery Act and procurement – are we taking it seriously?
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Risk
It’s coming to the first anniversary of the UK Bribery Act’s introduction. The Act caused a frison of fear throughout the business industry when it was introduced. more
- 03
- MAY
- 2012
Has Unilever changed its sustainable palm oil game plan?
Author: Maggie Slowik - Categories: CSR & Green
It was back in 2010 when I had the pleasure of interviewing Marc Engel, CPO of Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever, on the subject of its Sustainable Living Plan. more
- 03
- MAY
- 2012
How to solve the food waste and losses along the food supply chain?
Author: Peter Lückert - Categories:
Worldwide around 1.3 billion tons of food is either lost or wasted every year - accounting for approximately one third of the annual human food production of the world. more
