Here’s where you will find all our latest posts, including company news, market insight and thought leadership pieces on all things related to procurement, outsourcing and supplier management.
Our experts offer their top tips for successful category management implementation – whether it’s your first foray into it, or you’re you’re looking to improve your current processes.
By Steve Lemon on 4 May 2021
The construction category is one of the public sector’s most complex and challenging areas of procurement. How can public sector procurement professionals develop a clear strategy and robust processes that will pay off with future service improvements and cost reductions?
By Steve Rowland on 13 April 2021
The NHS is the biggest employer in the UK, and every NHS trust will outsource some element of there IT contracts. How, then, do you choose the right outsourcing provider and, more importantly, how do you ensure value for money?
By Steve Rowland on 6 April 2021
Outsourcing enables a business to focus on core activities, improve the quality of service whilst reducing life-cycle costs. Here are our ten top things to consider before outsourcing services.
By Steve Rowland on 24 February 2021
Ensuring your outsourcing agreements offer continuous value for money should be of paramount importance to the levels of service you expect. But how can you ensure you’re getting the best deal?
By Mick O'Donnell on 17 February 2021
In these economic-driven times, where businesses are looking for every option to drive down costs, an effective procurement strategy is a key mechanism for getting more for less, as well as mitigating risks and creating value.
By Steve Rowland on 10 February 2021
Strategic sourcing or (procurement) teams optimise complicated supplier relationships and help drive business-wide productivity. In our post-COVID19 climate, we explore how sourcing/procurement teams can help organisations manage their ultimate revival.
By Jane Shortall on 4 February 2021
In this blog we explore how collaborating with your suppliers, through good supplier relationship management, and renegotiating contract terms might be a better solution than going out to tender.
By Mick O'Donnell on 27 January 2021
Find out how to run tenders more efficiently to save time and create a consistent strategy for future procurement processes.
By Steve Rowland on 14 January 2021
As the world wakes up to the idea that ‘working from anywhere’ is not only a possibility but potentially a permanent shift, can we expect a more open attitude to outsourcing key services, regardless of location?
By Mick O'Donnell on 7 January 2021
A world-class procurement function aims to optimise the entire sourcing process to deliver significant value across the organisation. But now, we need to consider how we optimise procurement processes as we navigate the socio-economic climate we find ourselves in.
By Steve Rowland on 2 January 2021
When you signed that contract, you were absolutely sure that you could guarantee that spend. Now though the world has changed and that contractual obligation for a volume commitment could cause irrevocable damage. What can you do?
By Steve Rowland on 29 December 2020
