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This topic contains articles on e-procurement, e-sourcing and electronic purchasing. It also includes articles on the buying of IT goods and services.

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Buyers save healthy £2.7m for London NHS trustsNHS co-operative implements e-procurement to make massive savings for five primary care trusts in the capital. 02 February 2012
Lack of IT integration hinders supply chain efficiencyConstruction and engineering firms say chief cause of supply chain inefficiencies is lack of integration of processes and IT systems. 31 January 2012
New customers boost Ariba revenueSpend management tech firm attributes the increase to new deals signed in the past three months. 29 January 2012
Church aims to save parishes £10 millionA new online buying portal will give 13,000 parishes access to framework agreements for IT software, energy and photocopying. 27 January 2012
UK government accused of ignoring IT supplier 'collusion'The Public Administration Select Committee has criticised the government for not investigating claims of anti-competitive behaviour by large IT vendors raised in the summer. 27 January 2012
CIOs name supply analytics as number one technologyChief information officers may be forced back into 'cost-cutting mode', while senior executives expect technology to help them address tough economic conditions. 23 January 2012
E-auction adoption saves Probrand time and moneyBuyers at the IT product reseller have been able to focus more on strategic purchasing activity thanks to technology. 19 January 2012
Pernod Ricard's purchasers get clarity on marketing spendThe maker of Jacob's Creek, Chivas Regal and Absolut Vodka has put a spend management system in place to ensure staff order from preferred vendors. 18 January 2012
Apple uncovers 22 labour violationsThe technology company explains what it has done to address problems and invites the Fair Labor Association to assess supplier facilities in future. 17 January 2012
Buyers lose out on savings by resisting automationResearch group advises purchasers to adopt more technology to automate contract management and establish a central repository for the paperwork. 17 January 2012
Call for North West suppliers to identify carbon usePublic bodies and businesses have asked key vendors to disclose information about emissions and follow a self-assessment process. 17 January 2012
Pharmacy hires board-level supply chain directorLloydspharmacy announces it has appointed Phil Streatfield to lead supply chain operations, business efficiency and IT services. 06 January 2012
NAO praises UK government's new approach to IT"The government ICT strategy is in its early days and initial signs are good," NAO chief Amyas Morse. 22 December 2011
Infosys acquisition aids Australasian expansion plansThe business process outsourcing subsidiary of Infosys buys up procurement specialist the Portland Group. 21 December 2011
FleetCor buys fuel card provider AllStar Business for £194 millionThe two businesses have also signed a five-year deal to provide fuel card services to AllStar's owner, Arval UK. 17 December 2011

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