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The customer’s dilemma

Can companies pressure suppliers for lower prices and still enjoy co-operative working relations? New research provides the answer More

The customer’s dilemma

Can companies pressure suppliers for lower prices and still enjoy co-operative working relations? New research provides the answer More

The carbon imperative

Amid all the debate about global warming, one thing is certain: CPOs hold the most important keys to carbon compliance More

Scanning for innovation

Global plastics company Rehau looks to a small team of ‘innovation scouts’ in procurement to harvest the most promising ideas from its key suppliers More

At the helm or all at sea?

To steer into more strategic business waters, CPOs must abandon the cost savings myopia and service mentality that tarnish procurement’s image More

Because it’s worth it

L’Oréal’s CPO, Barbara Lavernos, is sold on the value of investing time and money in long-term supplier relationships and corporate social responsibility More

Investing closer to home

Low-cost country sourcing has been the method of choice to cut supply costs in many industries of late. But sometimes it makes more sense to develop local suppliers More

Investing closer to home

Low-cost country sourcing has been the method of choice to cut supply costs in many industries of late. But sometimes it makes more sense to develop local suppliers More

Investing closer to home

Low-cost country sourcing has been the method of choice to cut supply costs in many industries of late. But sometimes it makes more sense to develop local suppliers More