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Who is supporting you to achieve your business goals? As a procurement coach, it’s all about communication, influencing and delivering your business goals through facilitation, coaching & development.  Interestingly, being  procurement specialists really does help you with business development success. We explain below our approach to mentoring and detail specifically what we would propose to achieve [...]

QUALITY POLICY: Introduction We, Brian Farrington Ltd,  have provided our management consultancy and bespoke training services to a large number of national and international organisations.  These include the private and public sectors of the economy.  Our aim is straightforward, namely, to enhance existing performance via whatever methods are appropriate. Our core business is focused upon Materials [...]

Enable and Equip you to better manage Price decisions and Negotiating Wednesday 24th April 8:00am – 11:00am Howard Worth Accountants, Drake House, Gadbrook Park, Northwich, CW9 7RA The thought of specialists from procurement and accounting putting on a stimulating event sounds like a stretch – but still – join us at our FREE seminar where our speakers will aim to [...]

One special challenge facing NHS commissioning right now (snowy Spring 2013) is the policy being ‘driven’ by people from the healthcare sector. Defining value for money includes facets of clinical, financial and social value. The intangibles and qualitative aspects  – and how to measure them – doesn’t make it easy. A good starting point for [...]

“Weak policies and procedures have led to questionable procurement practices, mismanagement and a lack of overall accountability.” The OIG Audit report AV-2013-006, issued Nov 1, 2012 in regard to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) is compelling reading. Any alert organisation will ask a rhetorical question, “Could this be happening to us?” Some will find [...]

Have you got the right procurement team in place to meet your business challenges for 2013? Many of our clients are now forecasting budgets and headcount in order to meet their business objectives for the year ahead.  Has your current team got the right people with the right skills to meet the challenges you face? [...]

Bribery & Fraud We have a continuing research project into Bribery & Fraud, specifically when the circumstances involve procurement and other staff with a supplier(s). This research has led us to a report on “Investigation into bribery and fraud at RailCorp (Australian report by ICAC – First Report). Some highlights are shown below. The report [...]