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Thursday, August 28, 2008
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African Adventures 
Africa is a resource-rich continent oozing with potential. Here we look at some of its supply hotspots and investigate levels of corruption and the ease of doing business – can you afford not to be there?
Aug 08
EA Sports centralizes marketing spend
An increasing number of companies are centralising their marketing procurement activities in order to achieve greater value with the latest company to do so being British computer games company, Electronic Arts
Aug 08
Healthcare outsourcing on the rise
Healthcare procurement professionals should prepare for an increase in outsourcing because although the credit crunch may have caused a global slowdown in the economy, it is speeding up the adoption of outsourcing in the healthcare industry, writes Melissa Lwee.
Aug 08
Bulgaria’s development stalls
Geographically, Bulgaria's central position within Europe makes it a logical choice for European multinationals looking to develop a cost-effective manufacturing centre, by Nadia Damon in Sofia.
Aug 08
Beijing shutdown fails to bring closure
Empty streets and a steady stream of traffic heading out of the city – while the world prepares to invade Beijing for the Olympics, the ordinary people of the Chinese capital have launched a mass exodus.
Jul 08
Accenture’s chief urges procurement to prepare for downturn
Procurement Leaders spoke to Kris Timmermans, managing partner of sourcing and procurement at Accenture, about the role procurement has to play in a recession. This is what he had to say.
Jul 08
Gas and electricity price hikes set to ignite combustible situation
Benign energy prices over the past decade have seen procurement tucking them safely away in a file marked “no need to worry”. Although, according to a recent survey, seen exclusively by Procurement Leaders, this could be about to change, writes Richard Edwards.
Jun 08
The bitter fruit of poor PR
There was a time when the only PR in procurement was in the first two letters of the word. Not any more, writes Richard Edwards.
Jun 08
Deutsche Post World Net finds best fit to deliver procurement excellence
Any business project is greeted with a certain amount of trepidation, but when you’re overseeing the transformation of a procurement operation within a company with an annual revenue of over €60 billion, employing more than 500,000 people in 220 countries across the globe, you can be forgiven for having the odd sleepless night.
Jun 08
Hard Facts: Ethical and Sustainable Sourcing roundtable
Without access to the facts, procurement directors have an all but impossible task to drive change in sustainable purchasing. but even with the facts, it’s anything but easy.
Jun 08
