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  • The Rise of Food Delivery Services in the UK

    • 10 Sep 2019
    • Supply Chain Online

    The ongoing popularity in food delivery services shows no signs of waning with a predicted spend of £656 million by UK consumers for delivery orders in 2019, according to the NPD Group.

  • Becoming Antifragile Through Adjusted Vendor Management   

    • 12 May 2019
    • Supply Chain Online

    Modern business coaches and gurus claim that the biggest threat to today’s companies is uncertainty.

  • The Big Interview with Patrick Marter

    • 18 Mar 2019
    • Supply Chain Online

    The Procurement Heads Big Interview Series launched in 2017, and features Procurement Professionals throughout London and the Home Counties. It’s an opportunity to shed some light on the specialist world of Procurement and those who work within it. To be featured in Procurement Head’s next Big Interview, contact info@procurementheads.com

  • Keep your career moving by gaining an in-depth perspective of global supply chains

    • 9 Nov 2018
    • Supply Chain Online

    In today’s competitive corporate landscape, many successful organisations have attributed commercial growth to a well-managed supply chain.

  • Ongoing trade disputes increasing risk and opportunity for supply chain

    • 17 Oct 2018
    • Supply Chain Online

    Continuing trade disputes between the US and China have grabbed many world headlines already this year thanks to a back-and-forth set of retaliatory measures to introduce tariffs on many goods.

  • IoT innovations expected to advance supply chains

    • 15 Oct 2018
    • Supply Chain Online

    Supply chain management is expected to find itself in the middle of an innovation period thanks to developments from Internet of Things (IoT) technology platforms, which allow for greater connectivity between systems and additional data with which to make decisions.

  • US considers blocking UK from global procurement agreement

    • 10 Oct 2018
    • Supply Chain Online

    The UK has confirmed that it is looking at rejoining the 46-strong group of nations in the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), but is facing disruption from the US, which is considering blocking its return.

  • UK’s hot summer set to cause procurement challenges

    • 8 Oct 2018
    • Supply Chain Online

    A leading figure in eProcurement solutions has said there will be challenges ahead for the procurement sector to ensure that they can maintain supplies as usual following a long, hot summer that led to increased consumption and droughts.

  • Blockchain in agriculture supply chains to top $430m

    • 5 Oct 2018
    • Supply Chain Online

    Blockchain is set to bring further investment to supply chains surrounding food production and agriculture, as the next few years are set to bring an additional $430m to the sector.

  • Eximchain releases supply chain platform for blockchain

    • 3 Oct 2018
    • Supply Chain Online

    Eximchain is a platform that is set to link up supply chain management around the world with blockchain technologies, as one of the newest digital inputs to supply chains begins to take further hold.

  • Walmart begins blockchain ledger for supply chain

    • 1 Oct 2018
    • Supply Chain Online

    Supermarket giant Walmart has won praise from analysts following a foray into blockchain technology in a bid to cut out bad practices and improve efficiency in its supply chain.

  • Supply chain bosses confirm Brexit stockpiling

    • 28 Sep 2018
    • Supply Chain Online

    Bosses in many British companies are already looking to arrange for various pessimistic scenarios around Brexit, as the government still looks no closer to securing any trade deal with the EU before March 2019.

  • Infor to launch AI supply chain visibility platform

    • 26 Sep 2018
    • Supply Chain Online

    Business software vendor Infor has announced that it will be launching an AI software product that should begin to optimise supply chains worldwide.

  • Scottish oil procurement gets boost from African expansion

    • 24 Sep 2018
    • Supply Chain Online

    Increased oil and gas exploration across Africa is set to boost those working in the sector in Aberdeen and beyond as the North Sea production platforms take advantage of what has been termed “vast opportunities” on offer.

  • Brexit Forces Supply Chain Companies To Embrace Mobile Technology

    • 24 Sep 2018
    • Supply Chain Online

    CEO of 3T Logistics, Steve Twydell, recently revealed that the “British industry will have to be more flexible to remain competitive”. This was in response to Brexit, which is set to finalise at the end of March 2019.

  • Mars investing $1bn to clean cocoa supply chain

    • 21 Sep 2018
    • Supply Chain Online

    Mars has announced that it is investing up to $1bn to improve the sustainability and ethics of its cocoa supply chain. Mars, which has a popular range of chocolate products around the world, aims to achieve significant inroads within the next ten years.

  • Procurement start-up VendorPanel joins Microsoft programme

    • 19 Sep 2018
    • Supply Chain Online

    Microsoft has confirmed its first intake batch for its ScaleUp programme, which includes rising procurement start-up VendorPanel, which has already raised $2.35bn in investment.

  • Palm oil alliance utilises blockchain to improve supply chain

    • 17 Sep 2018
    • Supply Chain Online

    A number of palm oil manufacturers, growers and organisations, as well as leaders in technological fields, have gathered together in a new alliance to implement blockchain solutions to improve the global supply chain.

  • The Big Interview with Ian Murphy

    • 11 Sep 2018
    • Supply Chain Online

    The Procurement Heads Big Interview Series launched in 2017, and features Procurement Professionals throughout London and the Home Counties. It’s an opportunity to shed some light on the specialist world of Procurement and those who work within it. To be featured in Procurement Head’s next Big Interview, contact info@procurementheads.com

  • 4C Associates Partners with Scanmarket

    • 3 Sep 2018
    • Supply Chain Online

    4C Associates and Scanmarket have announced a partnership to provide leading businesses with in-depth procurement expertise, alongside cutting edge eSourcing solutions.