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Be sure to check out Sourcing Reload from Booz & Company. Originally published in 2008 but now available as a PDF download (requires registration). This is jam packed full of up to date purchasing best practices for organizations of all sizes.

Sourcing Reloaded: Targeting Procurement’s New Strategic Agenda, is packed with insights and prescriptive advice that senior leaders and purchasing executives can use to navigate today’s most vexing sourcing problems. Its main theme: how to balance traditional sourcing strategies with the new, collaborative approaches needed to drive sourcing’s effectiveness and help it attain its full potential in the face of the demands of globalization, resilience, sustainability, complexity, and customization.

Here is the link: http://www.strategy-business.com/sourcingreader