Monthly Archives: August 2012

How to potentially destroy a company in 45 minutes Technology is an enabler. It can enhance your business processes, improving efficiency and profitability. But only if it works! Hot on the heels of the RBS software glitch, is the recent case of erratic movements in stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) which […]

Organising the factory visit It is good practice to visit a factory where work will be carried out to the specification in the contract. The purpose of the visit should be to confirm what the potential supplier has said in the quotation or tender. Who should go on the visit? There is no right answer […]

In the Channel Islands, the Guernsey Government have been subjected to fraudulent activity which resulted in them in paying £2.6m to a fraudster. The Treasury and Resources department received a letter purporting to be from a Bona Fide Contractor who was undertaking a major redevelopment of the islands airport. The letter advised them of ta […]

We’re going back to basics with this post. We meet non-procurement specialists with “procurement” responsibilities that just need a ‘nudge’… To set up and manage supplier (vendor or contractor) engagements is tough, especially because some suppliers are much better at bidding than they are at delivering the contract. How do you get the core information […]

The most extreme example of not knowing who is on a site occurred  at a client organisation. Two men arrived at a reception. They were dressed in white coats and told the receptionist they had come to take away the computers for repair. Unbelievably they were given unchallenged access! They took away the computers – […]