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Better a post mortem before the event
"No, but maybe we should be thinking about it now!" was one buyer's response to our SMlOO question this week on measures organisations are taking...
Supply Management, 03/19/09 by Bagshaw, Steve · More from publication -
Fraud: another symptom of the downturn
Since the start of the economic downturn - even in the early days when we weren't yet ready to say "recession" - two major issues have dominated;...
Supply Management, 03/05/09 by Bagshaw, Steve · More from publication -
Public sector is open to business
"All the bankers who ruined the City are now moving to the Treasury. And the chances are they will probably ruin that as well." So went the quote...
Supply Management, 02/19/09 by Bagshaw, Steve · More from publication -
Are we always in recession mode?
So, the music has stopped and the high-jinks are over. The orgy of corporate hedonism has come to a sudden end. The recession is here, it will be...
Supply Management, 02/05/09 by Bagshaw, Steve · More from publication -
Managing your supplier relationships
Supplier relationship management is something we cover frequently in these pages and on supplymanagement.com. Historically the articles have had...
Supply Management, 01/22/09 by Bagshaw, Steve · More from publication -
Relatively speaking
Will good supplier relationship management fall victim to the current recession? The SM roundtable debates PARTICIPANTS Steve Bagshaw, editor,...
Supply Management, 01/22/09 by Bagshaw, Steve · More from publication -
Procurement's inauguration to world leaders
I thought we'd start 2009 with a "bang" covering Barack Obama's views on purchasing. And yes, he has expressed some. US presidents haven't...
Supply Management, 01/08/09 by Bagshaw, Steve · More from publication -
Tale has no festive cheer
One CIPS member has written to me with a decidedly nonfestive tale. For reasons you'll understand he wishes to remain anonymous. But his case gives...
Supply Management, 12/11/08 by Bagshaw, Steve · More from publication -
What next for low-cost country sourcing?
In an SM roundtable debate, a group of senior buyers and experts survey the landscape and prospects for sourcing in cheaper economies Steve...
Supply Management, 11/27/08 by Bagshaw, Steve · More from publication -
You scratch my back...
At the end of last month the new business secretary Lord Mandelson announced government payment terms to SMEs would reduce to 10 days. Sounds good....
Supply Management, 11/13/08 by Bagshaw, Steve · More from publication
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