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February
• HR and procurement
• CIPS/SM Awards launch
• NHS sustainability
• Southern Africa coverage - improving procurement's effectiveness
March + Middle East supplement
• Women in procurement and the glass ceiling
• Interview: Rachel Lee, Norland
• The carbon footprint of your supply chain
• Afghanistan case study
• Southern Africa coverage: how to tender
April + Business Travel Supplement
• Divestments
• Interview: Aggregates Industries
• Roundtable debate: procurement and facilities management
• Maximising relationships with strategic suppliers
• Southern Africa coverage: the recruitment market
May
• Babcock procurement transformation
• Interview: Andrew Smith
• Olympics logistics + a look at the Government Olympic Executive
• SM campaign feature
• Stress testing the vulnerability of suppliers
• Southern Africa coverage
June
• Vision 100: 80 years of CIPS and a look to the future
• Middle East conference
• The National Trust
• Interview: the future of police procurement - SM speaks to the Home Office and NPIA
• Southern Africa coverage
July
• Interview with speaker at CIPS Annual Conference
• Total supply chain management: ensuring what was promised is delivered
• How to.... cope with a role which involes a lot of travelling
• ISM conference coverage
• Pan-Africa conference coverage
August
• Helping SMEs improve buying
• Purchasing in the cosmetics industry
• Interview with speaker at CIPS Annual Conference
• How to run a 'meet the buyer' event
• Southern Africa coverage
September
• Crowdsourcing
• MoD supplier collaboration
• SM campaign feature
• CIPS Annual Conference programme and interview
• Southern Africa coverage
October
• SM/CIPS Awards 2012 coverage
• Southern Africa feature
November
• Logistics: now a key competency for the procurement profession
• Here to help: the phenomenon that is procurement profs helping each other, how to do it and who to call
• Southern Africa feature
December
• SM campaign feature
• Southern Africa coverage
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