Purchasing and Procurement News

Purchasing & Procurement News

Improved manufacturing conditions in March boost RBC PMI to highest level so far this year

Job creation at four-month high last month while the rate of input price inflation eased since February

Purchasing & Procurement News

Phoenix awards bus contract to New Flyer

Contract covers 120 40-foot low-floor compressed natural gas (CNG) heavy-duty buses

General

All-new 2014 Chevy Impala rolls off Oshawa, Ont., assembly line

2014 Chevrolet Impala will be built at Oshawa, Ont., and Detroit-Hamtramck, Mich., assembly plants

Distribution & Transportation News

Frontier mentality

Venturing into emerging markets offers high rewards—and risks—for supply chains

Purchasing & Procurement News

Resolute Forest Products releases 2012 annual report

Report includes overview of 2012 sustainability performance

General

2014 Chevrolet Camaro set to relaunch iconic Z/28 nameplate

Sports coupe is bidding farewell to Canadian production line at top of its game

Purchasing & Procurement News

An education in procurement—Jan/Feb print edition

Each edition, PurchasingB2B profiles a member of Canada’s procurement and supply chain management community.

Purchasing & Procurement News

The real economic driver—Jan/Feb print edition

Resources are not being allocated efficiently—a metaphor for what’s wrong with the Canadian economy

Purchasing & Procurement News

Transport minister asks for review of possible ethics breach at bridge agency

First time government has said publicly it's taking action from Charbonneau commission on Quebec contract corruption

Purchasing & Procurement News

Domtar to acquire Xerox’s US and Canadian paper business

Domtar will market and distribute Xerox-branded paper and print media

General

Federal budget ‘sends important signal’ to manufacturers: CME

Features several key programs aimed at giving manufacturing firms booster shot

Distribution & Transportation News

H&M making its supply chain more sustainable

Company also releases list of factory suppliers

Purchasing & Procurement News

Subaru presents Goodyear with top supplier award

Goodyear achieves 100-percent on-time delivery, reaches quality assurance minimum allowable parts per million rating

Purchasing & Procurement News

Ford brings together suppliers, small businesses

Matchmaking summit designed to help grow Michigan economy

Purchasing & Procurement News

Smiths Detection Supplies radiation detectors to be used by Canadian Border Security

RadSeeker to be deployed at major points of entry to combat radiological, nuclear threats

Purchasing & Procurement News

Federal contracting watchdog digs deeper, finds more cooked deals

Investigation shows evidence of contract splitting, unfair evaluations and dubious contract amendments

General

Airbus, Indonesian airline sign $24B contract; plane maker’s largest

Lion Air is buying 169 A320s and 65 A321 jets, with first planes set to be delivered in 2014

Purchasing & Procurement News

Samsung reveals new iPhone challenger, keeping heat on Apple

The Galaxy S 4 smart phone features a 5-inch screen on a body slightly smaller than its predecessor

Purchasing & Procurement News

GM announces 2012 Supplier of the Year winners

Canadian companies among winners

General

BC firm gets $2M deal for naval mine detecting equipment

International Submarine Engineering supplying two vehicles used to map seafloor