... many in UK manufacturing and retailing has been “global sourcing”. Why buy from British suppliers when you can purchase the same ... the total cost of doing so. Buyers’ tightly defined job specifications, often limited to buying a product as cheaply and to as high ...

... as we’ve all worked very hard. I’ve got a new job in the new year as procurement specialist at HSBC, so I’m hoping that it ... to be more of a distinction between e-procurement and e-sourcing. E-sourcing is certainly something that is on everybody’s lips at ...

... of suppliers are ever more critical components of the job.” What’s more, he says, given the fact that IT plays an increasingly ... – coupled with the proliferation of web-based tools for sourcing suppliers, the ability to use and evaluate technology is a vital ...

... suppliers, with one having a solid foundation in strategic sourcing and negotiation and the other being a travel specialist. There is also ... seven years, working in logistics, before she was handed the job of travel manager. “The company wanted someone who understood BAT’s ...

... to purchase a wide variety of goods and services, and "e-sourcing/e-intelligence" tools to help procurement professionals do a better job. In September 2001, the transaction system went live in the UK, quickly ...

... from adversarial negotiating. Once, buyers had done their job if they loaded as much risk as possible on to the seller. Sellers would ... thinking, according to Neill Irwin, director of Partnership Sourcing, an initiative by the Confederation of British Industry and the ...

... from adversarial negotiating. Once, buyers had done their job if they loaded as much risk as possible on to the seller. Sellers would ... thinking, according to Neill Irwin, director of Partnership Sourcing, an initiative by the Confederation of British Industry and the ...

... that level of complacency, they would be moved to another job. But we can imagine what perfection in procurement might look like; we ... process. Many purchasers will confirm that global sourcing of goods is already here, but it will grow and is spreading to ...

... and public affairs consider purchasing good enough for sourcing gifts and giveaways, but not market research or public relations. HR ... been achieved. Like no other area of purchasing, the big job that lies ahead is about understanding the internal client. • Bill ...

... lie more with the provision of business services than the sourcing of commodity goods. One firm that has successfully brought both small ... before the review report was circulated: “We do a decent job and we can prove it”. Higher education has a well-developed matrix of ...