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		<title>How to pick a winner</title>
		<link>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/02/how-to-pick-a-winner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Marshall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ITT]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why are buyers willing to spend so much time evaluating bids, yet so little time developing their evaluation criteria, wonders Peter Marshall?]]></description>
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		<title>An unhealthy position</title>
		<link>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/02/an-unhealthy-position/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renata Towlson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Medical Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamish Meldrum]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Public sector procurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renata Towlson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Renata Towlson seeks to 'remove the NHS from its altar' and ensure it’s in the marketplace.]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Peelie, Blinkie, Catalina and Bogo</title>
		<link>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/02/introducing-peelie-blinkie-catalina-and-bogo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Ellinor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coupons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kimberly Pepper-Hoctor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca Ellinor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Could the coupon craze teach us something about savings?]]></description>
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		<title>Clarity on SME procurement target is cold comfort</title>
		<link>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/02/clarity-on-sme-procurement-target-is-cold-comfort/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/02/clarity-on-sme-procurement-target-is-cold-comfort/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Cram</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cabinet Office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Cram]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department for Business Innovation and Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMEs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The UK government has responded to Colin Cram's question as to whether contracting with SMEs is a 'policy' or 'aspiration'. Read on for the answer…]]></description>
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		<title>Bigger, bolder, brighter</title>
		<link>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/02/bigger-bolder-brighter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Noble</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Noble]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[David Noble reveals CIPS' new-look website and branding.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Flying into the future</title>
		<link>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/02/flying-into-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/02/flying-into-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Snell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Woudhuysen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KLM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Snell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Business travel can be a stressful experience, but there is hope it will improve in the future.]]></description>
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		<title>Make SRM your priority</title>
		<link>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/02/make-srm-your-priority/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/02/make-srm-your-priority/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Atkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SRM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Atkinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supplier relationship management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The vanilla approach to supplier relationship management doesn’t work. I always advocate ‘reality-based relationship management’, says David Atkinson.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the purchasing equivalent of labelling a goat?</title>
		<link>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/01/whats-the-purchasing-equivalent-of-labelling-a-goat/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/01/whats-the-purchasing-equivalent-of-labelling-a-goat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Leach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Leach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bureaucracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goats]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.supplymanagement.com/?p=5431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What regulations or bureaucratic nonsense do buyers hate or find ludicrously nonsensical? Adam Leach wants to know.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Happy Monday 30 January!</title>
		<link>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/01/happy-monday-30-january/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/01/happy-monday-30-january/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Snell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Holmes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happy Monday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Snell]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.supplymanagement.com/?p=5429</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the first ‘happy’ day of the year, an academic claims.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sorry… I got distracted</title>
		<link>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/01/sorry-i-got-distracted/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/01/sorry-i-got-distracted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Ellinor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Addison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distractions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procrastination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca Ellinor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rebecca Ellinor attempts to sidetrack you for a few minutes with her blog on the nature of distractions.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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