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Coming up with the goodsAs procurement is called upon to keep an ever-tighter rein on supply chains, one area it is becoming increasingly involved in is logistics. Nick Martindale maps out its growing role in this area. 09 May 2013
Making your markThink you're paying the market rate for your goods or services? James Williams offers a back-to-basics guide to price benchmarking in four simple steps. 09 May 2013
Social securityWith an overhauled welfare system and reduced government funding, social housing is looking to procurement to meet the challenges in a sector undergoing huge changes. 09 May 2013
Welcome to CongressA new group represents your interests at the institute. Lorna Blackwood introduces CIPS Congress. 09 May 2013
Public valuesProfessor Benon Basheka from the Uganda Management Institute is a writer, presenter and academic, and a speaker at this month's CIPS Pan African Conference. SM spoke to him ahead of the event. 09 May 2013
Category Management in Purchasing (second edition)Jonathan O'Brien, Kogan Page, £49.99, 4 stars. 09 May 2013
How to Succeed with PeoplePaul McGee, Capstone, £10.99, 4 stars. 09 May 2013
''If procurement is positioned where it should be, it means you enjoy business''Sanofi CPO Jean-Philippe Collin oversees a €13 billion annual spend and a 1,000-strong procurement staff. He tells Rebecca Ellinor about the department's transformation journey. 11 April 2013
Green and desert landAs the Middle East powers ahead in global economic prominence, sustainability has become increasingly important. Nick Martindale looks at the role procurement has in putting greener practices in place. 11 April 2013
Break the barriersGreat ideas can fall flat on their face if you don't take the time to sell them internally. This applies to procurement as much as any other department, argues Simon Buzza. 11 April 2013
Crossing the boundariesFormer CIPS president Bola Afolabi is a keynote speaker at the CIPS Africa Conference in May. SM gets his 'state of the nation' ahead of the event. 11 April 2013
Find your weakest linkIt has been said that 'proactive purchasing management is risk management', but not enough procurement teams are effectively managing risk. David Oxland and Richard Kettle offer some advice. 11 April 2013
The Bottom Line: doing business with governmentsBBC Radio 4, 7 March, 2 stars. 11 April 2013
Business ScotlandBBC Radio 4, 30 March, 4 stars. 11 April 2013
He shoots he scoresAs group procurement manager at the  150-year-old Football Association (FA),  Ian Fenwick can actually claim to have a  direct impact on the quality of football in  the UK. As a not-for-profit organisation, all  the money he helps the organisation save  is put back into the game. "If we're wasting money, we're limiting our ability to reinvest  in the game and grass roots football." 14 March 2013

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BT suppliers cut carbon footprintAn initiative to promote best practice in sustainability in the supply chain at the telecoms provider has reduced the carbon dioxide emissions from vendors by more than 30,000 tonnes.
Firms turn to procurement to manage fleetsDespite fleet vehicle numbers growing, the number of dedicated in-house UK fleet managers is shrinking and those that remain are increasingly focused on controlling costs.

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