“ OUR REAL ETHOS IS TO INVITE SOMEONE ELSE IN FOR A DISCUSSION BEFORE WE RUN A TENDER ”
 THE BRIEF
 “ OUR REAL ETHOS IS TO INVITE SOMEONE ELSE IN FOR A DISCUSSION BEFORE WE RUN A TENDER ”
 Glyn Watts , Group Head of Procurement , The Go-Ahead Group
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 “ Having one procurement allows the organisation to get an overall broad view of what is happening on the purchasing side of the business ”
 Karen Hodson , Chief Procurement Officer , CM Group
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 BY THE NUMBERS
 According to The Hackett Group , the experience of stakeholders is one of the greatest business values that Digital World Class organisations can provide . Those with a performance edge over their peers in customer perceptions are :
 19 %
 more likely to be considered a valued business partner
 85 %
 more likely to be viewed by stakeholders , as taking a proactive approach to supply risk mitigation
 7x
 more likely to be viewed as having effective business knowledge skills
 EDITOR ' S CHOICE
 AECOM US $ 300MN DEAL WITH NASA Procuring a contract with the likes of NASA is bound to feed into the company ego . AECOM is no doubt honoured to be awarded the US $ 300mn deal to provide NASA with architectural and engineering services .
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 “ CYBERSECURITY AND INFORMATION SECURITY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RISKS THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY LOOK TO IMPROVE ”
 Sanja Cancar-Todorovic , Enterprise Procurement , Outsourcing & Vendor Management Leader Home Trust
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 MARS ’ NEW NET-ZERO ROADMAP Mars , Incorporated has announced plans to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by the middle of the century . The company has joined the Science Based Targets Initiative ' s Business Ambition for 1.5C pledge .
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 NETFLIX ’ S ROALD DAHL ESTATE As we emerge the other side of seemingly never-ending lockdowns , Netflix is desperate to hang on to its expanding customer database . The streaming service has forked out US $ 1bn to acquire the works of classic British author , Roald Dahl .
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 12 November 2021