What’s the purchasing equivalent of labelling a goat?
January 31, 2012
What regulations or bureaucratic nonsense do buyers hate or find ludicrously nonsensical? Adam Leach wants to know.
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Happy Monday 30 January!
January 30, 2012
Today is the first ‘happy’ day of the year, an academic claims.
Sorry… I got distracted
January 27, 2012
Rebecca Ellinor attempts to sidetrack you for a few minutes with her blog on the nature of distractions.
Who should use a lottery to select suppliers? It could be you
January 26, 2012
It might seem unfair at first glance, but there may be advantages to this type of system, argues Peter Marshall.
Better off alone
January 25, 2012
An academic study suggests working in a team can actually lower your IQ, making it harder to solve problems.
Cost cutting – a warning
January 24, 2012
Avaricious CFOs who have failed to mobilise the whole business to achieve improvement simply put increasing pressure on inspiring CPOs to fill a financial hole, says David Atkinson.
An exception, rather than the rule
January 23, 2012
Francis Maude has urged buyers to avoid the use of the competitive dialogue process where possible, but what does this mean in practice for buyers? David Hansom explains.
A healthy development for NHS buyers
January 19, 2012
The NHS should trust in a site that promotes transparency, says procurement director Zoe Greenwell.
Purchasing sanity check for 2012
January 18, 2012
When was the last time your purchasing policies and procedures were updated? Kathleen McCahill suggests some areas that could do with being unearthed and possibly improved for the new year.
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