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To help combat the ongoing supply chain issues from the pandemic, Tesco has turned to the UK’s railway network.

As part of its Empowering Futures project, energy giant, BP is making sure it devotes time and resources to growing its pool of neurodiverse talent.

As we are all aware by this point, data is the lifeblood which keeps modern global industry moving – and talent management is no exception.

Ever since the establishment of the US Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Framework for Action, energy giant, BP has been committed to diversifying its supply chain and promoting a culture of inclusivity, equity, and diversity across its entire operation.

For the longest time, procurement has been heavily focussed on generating value to an organisation by reliably sourcing items at the best possible price. However, Procurement Vice President for Digital & Talent Supply at integrated energy company BP plc, Mark Smith has a bigger vision.

As one of the world’s most famous beer brands, Budweiser and its parent company AB InBev, the world’s largest brewery, are more than aware of their responsibilities when it comes to reducing the impact of their business operations on the planet and are putting sustainability at the heart of their procurement strategy.

Recently, Samsung identified that its sourcing arm had emerged as a critical area which was ripe for modernisation and decided to work with award-winning sourcing software vendor Keelvar to revolutionise it through eprocurement optimisation.

One of the disadvantages of being able to enjoy the wide range of exotic foods available to us these days is that we’ve never been farther from the source of our produce. Gone are the days when we used to get all our food from the local butcher and greengrocer, with modern supermarkets and food brands sourcing ingredients from all over the globe.

Japanese car brand Toyota has always ridden in the vanguard of innovative thinking when it comes to the way it operates. It was Toyota which first introduced and proliferated the concept of...

When it comes to innovating in the field of supplier collaboration, the ultimate goal is to have every link in an industry’s value chain working harmoniously with one another and all singing from the same hymn sheet.

As part of its procurement process and protocols for supplier qualification, ExxonMobil trains procurement staff to conduct pre-qualification assessments, to help establish a supplier’s capacity to provide the required materials or services.

On Jan 19, 2021, AXA announced the extension of its smart working strategy to all of its entities worldwide. The strategy aims to implement a hybrid way of working, which combines remote work and office presence.

The inexorable onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic has caught much of the world off guard. Here in the UK, the reporting of the virus went from “Oh, it’s another one of these” to a nationwide lockdown in what seemed like the blink of an eye.

In terms of physical health, social consequences, and economic impact, the ongoing pandemic of 2019 novel coronavirus or COVID-19 is having various effects on institutions across the globe.