New service chief offers supply chain challenges_2
3 April 2012
The chief executive of the government’s new Small Business Service has called on purchasers in large firms to think local as they search for supply chain efficiencies in a global economy.
David Irwin, who begins his two-year stint at the executive agency on 6 March, also called on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to improve their marketing to larger firms. He told SM: “Where purchasers in big firms can help is to be clear and public about what is expected from their suppliers. Small firms must understand exactly who the end users of their...