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Seven Procurement Sins and How to Navigate Murky Waters
Seven Procurement Sins and How to Navigate Murky Waters The seven deadly sins originated a long time ago with the desert fathers. They identified seven or eight evil thoughts or spirits that one needed to overcome. The church used the doctrine of the deadly sins to...
Five Reasons why Local Government Tenders Add Business Value
Five Reasons why Local Government Tenders Add Business Value One has to admit - preparing and submitting local government tenders can be tedious, time consuming and frustrating. However, local government tendering provides a great opportunity to benchmark your...
Tendering Season – Real opportunity or just a sales ploy?
Tendering Season - A real opportunity or just a sales ploy? Have you also received the emails telling you to hurry up and take advantage of tendering season? And, by the way, we will give you two months' discount or 25% off if you sign up with these companies that...
Aboriginal Business – The Right Procurement for the Right Reason
Aboriginal Business: The Right Procurement for the Right Reason I find great personal reward when working with Aboriginal business, assisting them to find the right value for money Indigenous procurement opportunities – working towards the right procurement for the...
Category Management – Making it into the Spending Bucket List
Category Management - Making it into the Spending Bucket List "Category Management" is one of those buzzwords chief procurement officers and procurement people love to use in relation to business spending. It is one of those important sounding labels we use in...
Commonwealth Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017
COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT (JUDICIAL REVIEW) BILL 2017 - A PROCUREMENT VIEW The Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017 is currently making the rounds in parliament for review and enactment. It is not an Act at this stage and has not been...
Leading Successful Tenders – Tendering Leadership
Leading Successful Tenders - Tendering Leadership I recently had the privilege of presenting at the PacPrint 2017 Forum in Melbourne. The focus of the workshops and education during the forum was to improve the PacPrint members' insight and knowledge on leadership....
Debunking 5 Myths About Small Business Procurement: Procurement Basics
Procurement Basics for Small Business: Debunking 5 Myths about Small Business Procurement Procurement forms an essential part of any business - big or small. However in small business, procurement is often the last thing business owners want to think about. Our...
Insourcing or Outsourcing? Pain or Competitive Leverage?
Insourcing or Outsourcing? Pain or Competitive Leverage? Insourcing or Outsourcing? Pain or the Panacea around competitive leverage? It would appear that many companies swing between insourcing and outsourcing and - there is not really a pattern to what business tend...
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