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We were recently told by a client that they demanded ‘cutting edge’ behaviour from their consultants. This seemingly innocuous remark begs a significant question “Is your procurement cutting edge?” If there is a positive response it begs a follow up question, “How do you know?”  One thing is quite certain; there will not be visibility […]

MANAGING PROCUREMENT RISK – SCIENCE OR ART? Introduction Who is ultimately accountable for managing procurement risk in your organisation? This is a question that should be asked by those at the top of the organisation. Based upon our experience, the answer will range from those Heads of Procurement who have systems and procedures in place […]

The purpose of Brian Farrington training input is to enable and equip participants to enhance their corporate performance. What is your ambition for your people who engage with suppliers? Our ‘grey haired’ resource is part of the toolkit of leading organisations, including 33 of the current FTSE100. We instil, reliably and effectively, what it has taken […]

Why Client Confidentiality is Important to you – and Brian Farrington Your external consultants and training resource provision impacts on the policies, processes, governance and key stakeholders of your organisation. Working with client’s on high-value, high-risk projects often gives controlled access to their commercial secrets, which is why Brian Farrington Ltd respect and uphold confidentiality […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]