... technology arrived on the procurement profession's radar in the late 1990s, the promise seemed simple: companies would save ... impossible as the make-up of the cost is typically fixed labour. The reality is that purchase transactions are regularly processed as ...

... complementary. Briefly, ESM seeks to optimise a company’s spend with its suppliers in a given category by using tools to identify, ... to establish. Moreover, many companies view contingent labour management as the domain of the human resources department, whose IT is ...

... in sport, but recruiters should also take note of Seaver's dictum. For it is qualities of concentration and dedication — in this ... sourcing of candidates from overseas, more globalisation of labour movement. I suppose the industry has become more internationalised, ...

... to jump on the bandwagon may be a good thing - Gartner’s B2B report predicts that even in 2003, 80 per cent of SMEs will implement ... Conventional purchasing ordering is a relatively costly, labour intensive paper-based process. It is much quicker to search for products ...

... doesn’t even have to be that good.” Gilbertson’s views should be taken seriously. His perception is a critical part of Royal ... recruitment and recruitment at the higher value end of the labour market. “Just because you are providing volume doesn’t mean you ...

... 25 August 2016 | By Scott Beagrie   FROM AUGUST'S  RECRUITER MAGAZINE Welcome to Recruiter’s 2016 list of Most ... diversity and resource network (for a pipeline of temporary labour) would represent a herculean task for many. Unfazed by the challenge, ...