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	<title>Comments on: Challenging Times For Procurement: Will Suppliers Show Pity?</title>
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	<description>Managing Relationships in the Global Networked Economy</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: The poor, misunderstood reverse auction &#171; Where Next</title>
		<link>http://tcummins.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/challenging-times-for-procurement-will-suppliers-show-pity/#comment-376</link>
		<dc:creator>The poor, misunderstood reverse auction &#171; Where Next</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 07:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Cummins writes a great analysis of how buyers reap what they sow: screw your suppliers when times are good and you can&#8217;t expect your suppliers to queue [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Chris Arlen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris Arlen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If suppliers can't or haven't gone global they often feel trapped by procurement's relationship erosion .

Hopefully, procurement will value suppliers in a new relationship. The Service Contract Manifesto is an attempt to simply outline principles for better results from better relationships. http://www.serviceperformance.com/blog/2008/04/09/the-service-contract-manifesto/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If suppliers can&#8217;t or haven&#8217;t gone global they often feel trapped by procurement&#8217;s relationship erosion .</p>
<p>Hopefully, procurement will value suppliers in a new relationship. The Service Contract Manifesto is an attempt to simply outline principles for better results from better relationships. <a href="http://www.serviceperformance.com/blog/2008/04/09/the-service-contract-manifesto/" rel="nofollow">http://www.serviceperformance.com/blog/2008/04/09/the-service-contract-manifesto/</a></p>
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