Monthly Archives: July 2013

Seven factors of supply chain failure from Airmic: Procurement Risk?

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013

Seven factors of supply chain failure from Airmic: Procurement Risk? The Airmic – who are the leading association for risk management and insurance specialists – exposition on supply chain failures (see the Supply Management article from Airmic’s Paul Hopkin here) is the tip of a very large iceberg. There cannot be any argument with the […]

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Is your procurement process going to be featured in Court?

Friday, June 21st, 2013

Communicaid Group Ltd v European Commission [2013] EUECJ T-4/13 Is your procurement process going to be featured in Court?  Appeals against contract awards continue unabated. This specifically relates to public sector procurements. A recent case heard in the Court of Justice of the European Communities, Case T-4/13 R was Communicaid Group Ltd v European Commission. […]

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What is the confidence level that tenders will be robustly evaluated?

Thursday, June 20th, 2013

What is the confidence level that tenders will be robustly evaluated? £ billions per annum is expended by private sector organisations, preparing tenders for clients in the public and private sectors. The processes used in the private sector are often steeped in mystery. There is no published evaluation criteria, nor any detailed feedback at the […]

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What are the CCG’s doing about value?

Monday, June 10th, 2013

What are the CCG’s doing about value? The ill-informed fail to recognise that occasions arise where there is no precedence for a solution. Introduction One special challenge facing Clinical Commissioning Groups right now (June 2013) is the policy being ‘driven’ by people from the healthcare sector. Defining value for money includes facets of clinical, financial […]

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Supporting you to achieve your business goals

Monday, April 29th, 2013

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 […]

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Our Quality Policy: Introduction

Thursday, April 18th, 2013

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 […]

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Procurement and Accounting putting on a stimulating event?

Monday, April 15th, 2013

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 […]

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