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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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Noble reveals CIPS' new-look website and branding.]]></description>
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		<title>Flying into the future</title>
		<link>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/02/flying-into-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Snell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<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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		<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>

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		<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>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Happy Monday 30 January!</title>
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		<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>

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		<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>
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		<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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		<title>Who should use a lottery to select suppliers? It could be you</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/01/who-should-use-a-lottery-to-select-suppliers-it-could-be-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Marshall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Czech Republic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Marshall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public sector procurement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It might seem unfair at first glance, but there may be advantages to this type of system, argues Peter Marshall.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Better off alone</title>
		<link>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/01/better-off-alone-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Snell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Snell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[team work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An academic study suggests working in a team can actually lower your IQ, making it harder to solve problems.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cost cutting – a warning</title>
		<link>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/01/cost-cutting-a-warning/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/01/cost-cutting-a-warning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Atkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost Cutting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Atkinson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>An exception, rather than the rule</title>
		<link>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/01/an-exception-rather-than-the-rule/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.supplymanagement.com/2012/01/an-exception-rather-than-the-rule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Hansom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Hansom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[francis maude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public sector procurement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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