A study found the pandemic only exposed existing problems among suppliers, and was not the root cause. International Data Corporation’s latest report shows traditional, linear supply chains are...
Category - PROCUREMENT NEWS
A coking coal company purchased a fleet of barges to guarantee transport capacity. Cokal recently acquired a fleet of conventional shallow draft barges and tug boats to move coal from the Bumi Barito...
Australian goods and service providers will benefit from a national push to buy local. The Federal Government recently proposed major procurement reforms that include establishing a Future Made in...
Queensland’s resources sector contributed to the economy well beyond the billions of dollars in royalties and taxes generated for both state and federal governments. A Queensland Resources...
First Nations-owned businesses supplied 36 per cent more in the past financial year, the latest data shows. Nearly 150 First Nations enterprises out of a total 535 Indigenous suppliers did business...
Embracing a more technological approach to business is much easier when communication is easy to understand. Mark Cameron wants the industry to work harder on ensuring messages are sharp, concise and...
New research found one in three purchasing departments are taking shortcuts. The latest study from Procurious and Ivalua revealed 33 per cent of procurement teams around the world have little choice...
Local contractors and suppliers will benefit from a national commitment to extract commodities domestically. The Federal Government recently confirmed it will attract more mineral processing...
Companies would be much more innovative if they took a chance more often, a previous political leader said. Malcolm Turnbull believes the national innovation sector would be much stronger if there...
A multinational resources company fast-tracked its autonomous roll-out following a drop in workplace incidents. BHP recently accelerated automating nearly its entire heavy vehicle fleet because...
A foreign entity will help cover the cost of a proposed $2 billion resources development. State-run China Baowu Steel Group (CBSG) recently formed a joint venture (JV) with Rio Tinto to support its...
A multinational resources company will roll out autonomous and environmentally friendly heavy vehicles. Rio Tinto recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Volvo Group to pilot electric...