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  1. TradingPartners’ CEO, Mark Barnekow Named as Finalist in 2012 American Business Awards: tinyurl.com/cmkxrx5
  2. Visibility - The Key to Indirect Spend Management. How to counter rising costs and enhance profitability: tinyurl.com/7rptn52
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  4. Executives warn of margins battered by volatile commodity markets: procurementleaders.com/news/news/exec…
  5. E-procurement to be mandatory in Europe by 2016, could save EU €100 billion per year - europa.eu/rapid/pressRel…
  6. e-procurement is still used in only 5-10% of procurement procedures carried out across the EU. europolitics.info/business-compe…
  7. Supply chain disruption among "greatest risks businesses face": procurementleaders.com/news/news/supp…
  8. NHS procurement: a test case for fair competition guardian.co.uk/public-leaders…
  9. How can procurement policies be used to enable sustainable supply chain practice to scale? gu.com/p/36pt3/tw via @guardian
  10. CPO intentions: hire more, reduce number of suppliers and lock in fixed-price contracts - @david_rae: procurementleaders.com/blog/my-blog--…
  11. South African fruit growers bruised by supply chain woes | Official CIPS Magazine – Supply Management shar.es/pNFaO
  12. Cotton price takes its toll on clothing retailer H&M; says new chain being launched in 2013 washingtonpost.com/business/indus…
  13. CFOs want greater transparency in to their company’s supply chain | Official CIPS Magazine – Supply Management shar.es/pDu21
  14. Increasing interdependency across complex global supply chains are creating significant new business risks: procurementleaders.com/news/news/supp…
  15. Global leaders’ latest hot topic: Procurement - procurementleaders.com/blog/my-blog--…
  16. Sharing information key to successful supply chain collaboration | Official CIPS Magazine – Supply Management shar.es/pEiI2
  17. EU commodity market regulation battle commences: commodities-now.com/news/general/1…
  18. Finance officers recognise procurement as driver for growth: procurementleaders.com/news/news/fina…
  19. Multiple purchasing locations? Everyone should have same access, knowledge base, tools. 2012 Purchasing Sanity Check: bit.ly/GEVrm7
  20. EU proposes contracts block on protectionist nations | Official CIPS Magazine – Supply Management shar.es/p6zv0