Monthly Archives: May 2016

Exercising Expert Judgement We have been reading some project management literature. In a section on procurement, it refers to tools and techniques and includes the term “expert judgement.” There is no explanation for what it actually means, but it does say it is available from many sources, including consultants. It fails to emphasise that procurement […]

MANCHESTER UNITED – SECURITY ALERT  AND SECURITY SERVICES The events at Manchester United were ‘unfortunate’ to say the least. Procurement specialists should be turning their attention to security contracts that their business may have in place. What follows in this briefing is not intended to impugn Manchester United – the purpose of the briefing is […]

Does a Council’s Procurement Stand Scrutiny? The England and Wales High Court produces judgements that are of great interest to procurement specialists. We are prompted to produce this briefing note after reading Newlyn Plc v London Borough of Waltham Forest (2016) EWH C 771 (TCC). Our comments below are not aimed at Waltham Forest who […]

Health & Safety A new challenge for procurement   The Sentencing Council (who in procurement has heard of them?) issued new definitive guidelines in regard to health and safety offences. The legislation came into force on 1st February 2016 and introduced new, significantly larger fines for health and safety offences. The guidelines cover the following […]

Our Managing Director, Brian Farrington, is the editor of an authoritative book on procurement and supply chain management. He has spent the last year revising the very successful 8th edition, published by Pearson. The new edition will shortly be published and it will benefit from a re-engineering of the content. It has been acclaimed by […]

               Transfer pricing is a contentious matter in some procurement scenarios. A transfer price is the price paid for goods and services involved in intra-corporate transactions between a subsidiary and other branches of the corporate family. Transfer pricing is a complex subject. A very useful insight can be gained […]

               There are shameful practices exposed in this report, highlighting Tesco’s procurement mistakes, amongst other things. In many respects it strikes at the heart of retail management and retail buying in particular. The procurement profession, such as it is, has rarely got to grips with retail buying. There are […]