Tuesday, 18 July 2017

Is the F-35B an "object lesson in the pitfalls of procurement"?

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Is it really five years since I last discussed the TAC associated with fighter jets  and problems with not getting it right?  Well, regard...
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Friday, 23 June 2017

Grenfell Tower: Could procurement help reduce the current risk?

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Few could fail to be affected by the tragic disaster of Grenfell Tower. Understandably there has been a clamour for a quick response to re...
Thursday, 25 May 2017

An Olympian challenge for sustainable procurement and user satisfaction

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In a drawer beside me I have a suite of NIAAF medals, yes, surprisingly, some years ago I was an international athlete!  The medals have p...
Friday, 5 May 2017

Trump's Procurement policy dividend?

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Trump and Brexit have certainly reinvigorated the old PEST analysis and no doubt are yielding plenty of university assignments at the pres...
Saturday, 29 April 2017

If Google and Facebook then ...

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How on earth did Google and Facebook fall for such a basic and traditional scam that they have lost $100m by paying false invoices ?  If t...
Saturday, 11 March 2017

Songs of Praise procurement and avoiding unnecessary discord

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Outsourcing has now hit the religious broadcasting arm of the BBC and not everyone is singing a happy song. Some time ago we discussed t...
Friday, 10 March 2017

Is there a lesson for procurement in Tory's forgotten manifesto?

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The suggestion that the Chancellor's advisors simply  "forgot the manifesto"   may well be a symptom of incompetence or just...