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Grocery Logistics is suing software supplier Manugistics for more than £7 million in a dispute over a supply chain package. Grocery claims that the Manugistics software did not live up to contractual expectations. Manugistics denies the allegations. A High Court hearing has yet to be scheduled.
The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe) is to spin off its information technology division in the next year.
Commerce One has acquired e-business solutions provider Exterprise. It aims to integrate the company’s e-marketplace applications for online selling and sourcing into its own MarketSite e-marketplace this year. Commerce One said the purchase would enable clients and software vendors to develop a broad range of collaborative e-marketplace-based packages.
A lobby group for utility buyers has been launched by Bob Spears, the former technical director of the Utility Buyers Forum.
The recent postal strike in the UK may hasten the implementation of e-procurement among the many companies that use the post for sending purchase orders and invoices, according to CIPS’s director of professional practice, Roy Ayliffe.
The Ministry of Defence has been praised for its supply management in Kosovo, despite equipment and staff shortages, writes Elizabeth Bellamy.
Trade and industry secretary Stephen Byers has told electricity suppliers to buy 10 per cent of their supply from renewable sources by 2010. Sources of renewable energy include hydro-electricity, wind and methane. Suppliers will receive certificates showing their green credentials.
The number of electronic marketplaces in Europe will fall from 2,000 to 50 by 2003, predicted Paul Rose, director of sales and business services at e-procurement firm Basaar. He argued that many marketplaces would merge, be taken over or disappear as the market consolidated.
Oil company Shell will submit its trading exchange to independent scrutiny to ensure that it is operating ethically, Chris Miller, group adviser, strategic sourcing, at Shell International, told delegates. In several weeks’ time, Shell will appoint a supervisory board of five or six well-known business names.