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Apple and Foxconn to share labour cost increases
China - May 10, 2012
Apple will share the initial costs of improving labour conditions at the Chinese factor
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LNG costs react to Japan’s nuclear shutdown
Global - May 8, 2012
The closure of the Tomari No.3 reactor in Japan has raised fears over the effect on pro
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‘Maverick marketing’ costs companies millions
Global - May 4, 2012
Thomas Murray, a specialist custody rating, risk management, and research firm serving
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Latest Reports
Category Report: Container Shipping
May 11, 2012
This report describes the global container shipping market.
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Category Report: Steel
May 1, 2012
This report describes the global market for steel. The report is designed to help buyer
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PIU Blog
R2P: Whose budget line is it anyway?
May 14, 2012
The PIU has recently closed a survey focused on the Requisition-to-Pay (R2P) process. The
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Apple and Foxconn share the bill on boosting labour conditions
May 11, 2012
The Apple-Foxconn saga continues.
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The Bribery Act and procurement – are we taking it seriously?
May 8, 2012
It’s coming to the first anniversary of the UK Bribery Act’s introduction. The Act caused
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Has Unilever changed its sustainable palm oil game plan?
May 3, 2012
It was back in 2010 when I had the pleasure of interviewing Marc Engel, CPO of Anglo-Dutch
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How to solve the food waste and losses along the food supply chain?
May 3, 2012
Worldwide around 1.3 billion tons of food is either lost or wasted every year - accounting
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