Recently Ray Carter was quoted as saying in Supply Management “As the pressure for sustainable operations grows, there will be some form of carbon rationing, this will drive innovations in the use of energy and transport modes, and will of course have a direct impact on procurement and supply chain”

Ray, Alan Oxenbury and Steve Kirby have submitted a draft chapters of their new book “Practical Contract Management” to their publisher

Ray is planning to go away to Australia to deliver courses with professeor David Jessops

Today we went to a important meeting with a major London Borough

We are  developing a series of new courses for 2011 – these include
 
  2 days Sustainable Cost Reduction- how to reduce costs without damaging the supply chain
- 3 days Understanding and Managing Supply Markets – to ensure the effective securing of key resources and develop appropriate supply
    strategies and relationships
- 3 days Sustainable Procurement – [...]

We are eagerly awaiting news of the immanent arrival of Claudia’s Baby

Jodie Buckley has joined our team, and will be responsiable for all marketing activities

I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation Thank you so much for that. I would love to be informed of any other breakfast briefings you may be running

We are the proud recipients of the CIPS certificate that shows that we are among the few CIPS centres that have been awarded this most coveted award.

I am really looking forward to attending the CIPS Kent Branch meeting next week in Dartford on Lean Six Sigma in Procurement – Claudia Jordan-Hadaway