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Merry Christmas and a happy new year

December 24, 2009

From all the team at Supply Management

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What price a high profile?

December 23, 2009

A list of influential people in business ethics lists several procurement professionals, but one of them became famous for the wrong reasons.

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Time to get creative

December 22, 2009

I was interested to see that the latest issue of Marketing Week has a cover feature on procurement.


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Consultants get an early Christmas present

December 21, 2009

Buyers will have awoken this morning to find a proverbial lump of coal in their stocking with the implementation of the new Remedies Directive.

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Jordan embarks on a new career

December 18, 2009

SM must be rare among the British media in that we have never run a story about the comings and goings of Katie Price.

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Buyers’ social standing

December 17, 2009

Procurement professionals are often accused of moaning their fellow colleagues don’t understand the “value” they provide to the business.


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CEOs in the dark with TLAs

December 16, 2009

Apparently, the TLA (three-letter acronym) is causing havoc.

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An oily subject

December 15, 2009

I was surprised when Greenpeace lauded Unilever’s decision to stop buying palm oil from an Indonesian supplier.

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You’re streamlined!

December 14, 2009

The recession has led an increasing number of companies to “streamline” or “right-size” their staff – or even suffer some “non-voluntary turnover”.



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On a personal note…

December 11, 2009

The some-time musical theme of this blog continues today with a plug for a good cause.
 


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