CSR, or corporate social responsibility, programmes play a key part in the supplier qualification work we do with our clients, either as part of our consultancy offering or directly through our technology, facilitating electronic new supplier requests with built-in checks and balances, and allowing suppliers to be automatically ranked and scored on elements including CSR metrics. And if suppliers didn't think large organisations really took this stuff seriously, then the last couple of weeks will have disabused them of that notion, with two of the biggest brands on the high street getting into a pickle and causing a stir respectively. Click here to
read more about how McDonald’s and Starbucks have reacted to
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Blog Update : This months top 5
Apple Tops Supply Chain TreeAMR Research’s annual Supply Chain Top 25 has put Apple at the top of the tree, up from number 2 last year… 
Suppliers tighten credit linesSuppliers respond to the crunch by limiting the availability of commercial credit… 
Wimpey gets tough on suppliersShares in Taylor Wimpey have halved in value and the company is looking to its suppliers to cut prices… 
UK fails to innovate, prepares to failBritain is in danger of falling behind competitors because of complacency over levels of business innovation… 
Save your energyThe rate of increase in energy prices for corporate users could be between up to 100% year-on-year, but there is some good news…
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As part of its ‘One Logic’ Procurement initiative, CEVA Logistics has employed Wax Digital’s eSourcing platform to deliver a significant annual saving in a single global electronic auction event for IT hardware.
