Highways and infrastructure partnerships could generate materially greater returns if trust were treated with the same seriousness as cost, scope and delivery, according to XTP founder Pieter Johnson. In a discussion on Highways Voices, Mr Johnson argued that collaborative contracts alone do not guarantee better…
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Toyota, Honda, Mazda, Suzuki and Mitsubishi usually meet on the same battlegrounds as rivals, competing for buyers, market share and technical bragging rights. Yet in late July, more than 100 representatives from the five manufacturers and their suppliers gathered at Toyota’s Tahara plant for a rather different purpose: to ask…
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Co-op is opening up its quick-commerce data to suppliers through a new analytics platform as it looks to quicken growth in the channel and give brands a clearer view of how their products are performing online and through delivery partners. The retailer has partnered with digital commerce data specialist eStoreBrands…
Schneider Electric began its supply chain overhaul with an uncomfortable lesson. In 2012, the industrial technology company asked customers what they really made of it, and while its products were praised for quality and capability, the delivery experience lagged behind. That gap, Stuart Whiting, the…
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View AllMoscow’s procurement system has become one of the main invisible engines keeping the capital running, according to Kirill Purtov, head of the city’s Department for Competition Policy. Speaking in the podcast “Competitive Code of Moscow”, he said the city’s purchasing machinery is designed not simply to chase the lowest possible…
