Cost reduction and managing risks remain the primary focus for procurement leaders as they look to support growth in market uncertainty, according to the 2017 Deloitte Global CPO Survey.
Fortune 500 firms are not only investing heavily to ensure sustainability and CSR are ingrained across procurement and the supply chain but are also seeing major returns on this spend, according to a report.
A procurement project to standardize the uniform for U.K. ambulance workers is set to deliver savings of £3.4m ($4.28m) for the National Health Service.
Home goods and apparel manufacturers: Consumers are voicing their concerns, according to the results of a cotton survey conducted by Harris Poll. With a new president focused on protecting products born in the U.S., consumers may be looking more closely at product origins, and could demand greater transparency.
Lenovo Group Ltd. is the world's leading original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of personal computers. So why is it determined to overhaul the way it sells and markets product?