Software giant SAP aims to push electricity producers to become even more sustainable by developing and implementing procurement guidelines that demand very specific standards.
UNICEF has not yet made a decision as to how to implement the procurement certification within UNICEF or which certification bodies to use for staff certification in procurement.
Sam Laidlaw, the businessman leading the inquiry into the west coast mainline franchising fiasco, has refused to blame ministers and senior civil servants despite telling MPs that staff cuts and a rush to implement new procurement methods were at its root.
Every enterprise should assess the reason to implement a procurement technology solution and then make a call on whether to deploy an on-premises solution or a cloud-based one.
Police procurement will be affected by the European Commission's mandate that all public sector bodies must implement e-procurement platforms by 2016 to reduce cost and improve efficiency and transparency, and this measure will go a long way towards correcting the types of problems we see with public procurement today.
As well as the Heritage Climate Torino (HECTOR) project for making the games climate neutral (TOROC 2006a), the organizers implemented green procurement policies, reduced energy and water consumption, and monitored a wide range of environmental indicators, such as air quality and waste production.
I laughed when I read about the problems the Navy experienced trying to implement the Pentagon's procurement mantra, "Faster, Better, Cheaper" ("Costly Lesson on How Not to Build a Navy Ship," front page, April 25).
This would allow designing appropriate policies to fuel the production of low price ARVs or to implement the most effective procurement processes.
As well as increased financial resources, countries need significant technical support in management and procurement to implement their plans," stated Prof. Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Executive Secretary of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, explaining the Africa Malaria Day theme which uses a play on words to call on the entire malaria community to action: Get your ACT Together!
