Procurement – how Jon Harvey sees us (and it ain’t good…!)
I enjoyed this piece from Jon Harvey about his experience of being on the receiving end of procurement processes, even though it made me laugh and wince at times as a member of the procurement...
View ArticleWhite Paper on the challenge for public procurement; and Amex seminar
I have written a White Paper, sponsored by American Express, looking at the challenges for public procurement given the current economic situation (and of course the Spending Review). It looks at what...
View ArticleDavid Noble in Supply Management part 1: CIPS world domination?
David Noble is one year into his role as CIPS Chief Executive and Supply Management has a very interesting interview with him. I’m going to publish two posts on this; today it is the good news;...
View ArticleWhat the Spending Review may mean for suppliers to Government
In truth, there weren’t many big surprises in the Review, although you might consider squeezing another £7 billion out of a range of seemingly obscure welfare measures either impressive or harsh. But...
View ArticleCap Gemini CPO Report; mixed findings and lots of reading
Cap Gemini published their Global Chief Procurement Officer 2010 Survey report a couple of weeks ago. (Available free, registration required). It is a slightly unusual document in that it is very much...
View ArticleDavid Noble in Supply Management part 2: A licence to practice procurement?...
There is a lot of good stuff going on in CIPS, some of which we discussed in our post yesterday regarding the CIPS Chief Executive’s interview in Supply Management. But today, I’m going to be less...
View ArticleAircraft Carrier contracts and submarine ahoy…
The Times from behind their paywall reports that the reason the second UK aircraft carrier is going ahead is that the contract was ‘unbreakable’ – it guaranteed the shipyards 15 years work. Therefore...
View ArticleCameron mentions public procurement (but only just); and how to help SMEs
UK Prime Minister David Cameron made his pro-growth speech this morning. Alongside a lot of good stuff around large-scale investment projects, I thought there might be some mention of how public...
View ArticleComments round-up: pearls of wisdom from our readers
We get some great comments on our posts but I think they get somewhat lost, sitting at the end of posts that have fallen down the page. So here are some recent examples. Steve Mullins – a legend of...
View ArticleOUR BLOG HAS MOVED!! PLEASE VISIT OUR EXCITING NEW SITE – SPEND MATTERS UK /...
As we discussed here, our Blog has merged with Spend Matters, probably the world’s greatest procurement blog / web resource, to form Spend Matters UK / Europe. Please visit us here and don’t forget to...
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