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The state of the procurement job marketRecruitment may be on ice for much of the UK public sector, but elsewhere the situation is starting to thaw. Paul Snell reports on what looks to be an interesting year ahead for buyers 02 September 2010
Take a leaf from CanadaUK public sector buyers could look to Canada for pointers on how to make drastic cuts in the budget. Nick Martindale outlines the lessons that can be learnt 02 September 2010
Better dialogueCompetitive dialogue hasn't had the best press, but get it right and both buyers and suppliers will benefit, says Peter Micklewright 02 September 2010
ART for life's sakeThe purchase and supply of anti-retroviral drugs is vitally important in southern Africa, explains Tatum Anderson 02 September 2010
May the best team winWhat happened when Supply Management pitted two teams of experienced procurement and supply chain professionals against each other in London to source and buy a selection of weird and wonderful items? Watch video highlights and read a full account of the action 03 August 2010
Life after procurementLooking for evidence that a career in procurement can catapult you to becoming a head of business or into other interesting or challenging roles? Rima Evans finds some prime examples 22 July 2010
Portillo on the spotMichael Portillo, former MP and now a broadcaster and media commentator, will be speaking at this year's CIPS Conference. Steve Bagshaw quizzes him on purchasing, politics and profile-raising 22 July 2010
Cracking ChinaSwitching your sourcing to the world's third largest economy can save you 30 per cent. But getting in there is no easy matter, say Mitch Cosani and Charles Avery 22 July 2010
The front line of procurementThe defence sector in Europe has long been familiar with collaborative purchasing. Baudouin Heuninckx picks out lessons for other organisations 22 July 2010
He's a sole manA sure-footed approach to business and buying has made John Timpson a trusted source of management advice, finds Rebecca Ellinor 08 July 2010
Getting a purchase on trainingBuying external training can cost big bucks and has some big challenges. Chris Atkins looks at how to go about it. 08 July 2010
Part 2: Be professional about itProcurement's approach to buying consultancy can have a big impact on the success of the project, say Peter Smith and Fiona Czerniawska 08 July 2010

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OJEU debate misses the point
Let’s ask why are so many organisations so bad at running compliant EU procurement processes? Let’s ask why do they take nine, 12 or 18 months to run competitions the legislation allows to be done in about three? 02 September 2010