Brent Myers, Broadstar's vice president of global procurement, says Smith has saved the company 43% compared with domestically sourced parts, allowing Broadstar to hire 30 people in the last year.
The Hospital Caterers Association (HCA) says procurement legislation requiring managers to select the lowest bidder can constrain the provision of good food.
Tony Collins, executive editor of Computer Weekly, a trade magazine which has specialised in charting government computer-procurement failures, says that Whitehall's inbred culture has proved resistant to learning the lessons of past mistakes.
Lord Sutherland's report says the procurement process by which ETS was given the Sats contract had been sound.
"As the greening of business expands, it is filtering into every aspect of business, " from procurement to marketing to human resources, says Makower.
It says it does not believe European procurement law is applicable to the selection of sponsors.
Ugandan army commanders "sent troops and weapons to reinforce specific M23 operations and assisted in M23's recruitment and weapons procurement efforts in Uganda", the report says.
Most important, he says, Doosan is providing engineering, procurement and construction services, or EPC, for the Rabigh plants, as well as the key components.
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The report actually says that the answer lies in better procurement practices in US states, cities and towns, and by extension at the Federal level.
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The RCN says other potential areas of savings should be looked at including procurement, drug waste and expensive PFI contracts.
Eurofighter says it will be helped by what is turning out to be a transparent procurement process.
Result: AMX's total procurement costs have dropped 20% and new products take just 7 months to get to market versus 15, says AMX operations head Carl Evans.
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