Barclays' Kirby to join AstraZeneca

Jon Kirby, chief procurement officer at Barclays, will leave the bank at the end of January to take up the role of global CPO at AstraZeneca.

News, 1 November 2007

Ikea buyer jailed for fraud

A former buyer for furniture chain Ikea has been jailed for two years after accepting more than £1 million in bribes.

News, 1 November 2007

Boots to boost buying power

Collaborative purchasing could be one benefit of private equity firm KKR's takeover of Alliance Boots.

News, 1 November 2007

'Prime' suppliers line up for passport deal

The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has shortlisted eight companies to tender for the £2 billion contract to supply passports and ID cards.

News, 1 November 2007

Row over NHS 'trusted' firms

Campaigners have criticised the Department of Health for including a US company that has been investigated for fraud on a list of "trusted" suppliers.

News, 1 November 2007

Buyers call for openness as purchasing mystique remains

A culture of mystery and secrecy within the procurement profession remains, according to the latest SM100 poll.

News, 1 November 2007

Outsourcing: UK 'ahead of game'

UK buyers have only themselves to blame if outsourced deals are not effective, according to the former director-general of the CBI.

News, 1 November 2007

What are our limits?

How to demonstrate that procurement does more than save money was thrashed out at an <EMSM< em>roundtable discussion.

News, 1 November 2007

CBI slams 'waste' of scrapped PFIs

Suppliers are wasting money bidding for PFI deals that are later cancelled, the CBI has said.

News, 1 November 2007

Buyers call for openness as purchasing mystique remains

A culture of mystery and secrecy within the procurement profession remains, according to the latest SM100 poll.

News, 1 November 2007

NZ's National Party seeks buying input

New Zealand's National Party has set up a website to canvass opinion about the government's procurement policy.

News, 1 November 2007

US Air Force buying leader found dead

The second highest-ranking procurement official in the US Air Force (USAF) has died. The USAF said it was "deeply saddened" by the death of Charles Riechers, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, who was found dead at his home last week.

News, 1 November 2007

Buyography

Following the launch of our online blog, we pick the best of recent comments. Visit www.supplymanagement.com/blog to join the debates.

News, 1 November 2007

Features

Featured articles from the current issue

Frank exchange

Dutch telecoms firm KPN began the decade in a mess. CPO Willem van Oppen tells Steve Bagshaw how procurement helped turn it around

Features, 1 November 2007

The future of procurement

In the first of three thought-leadership debates, SM captures a cross-section of the latest thinking from a group of senior leaders. We asked them what the future holds for the profession and how it can capitalise on its corporate position