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Procurement decisions don’t fail inside procurement. They fail when real-world conditions hit them. That’s what we assess.
New Zealand Public Sector eSourcing: Transparent Procurement encourages Competition & Investment
It is widely accepted that procurement transparency promotes competition, and that competition is a good thing for economic efficiency and growth. On a national level, it is also interesting to note the positive correlation between transparency and Foreign Direct Investment. Background to Tenders & Sourcing Transparency, in this context, requires that purchasing decisions be demonstrably fair […]
Posted in: Guest Posting, Syndicated PI Ping
An Advocate for the Little Guy: How CABiNET has provided an Important Voice for High-Tech SMEs in Canada (CABiNET Profile)
October 27, 2008
“Shared Services is different from the diametrically opposite model of Outsourcing which is where an external third party is paid to provide a service that was previously internal to the buying organization, typically leading to redundancies and re-organization. There is an on-going debate about the advantages of Shared Services over outsourcing. It is sometimes assumed […]
Posted in: Sponsor Profile
Doing What Comes Naturally: Accessing Zycus Spend Management Innovation Through A Simplified and Practical User Interface (Zycus Inc. Profile)
October 23, 2008
“Recognizing that adoption or end-user compliance is one of the main barriers to a successful program, the ability for project champions to leverage user comfort with known applications such as Excel to access certain functions within the SAP architecture could stimulate stakeholder buy-in, at least internally. By promoting the utilization of SAP through a familiar, […]
Posted in: Sponsor Profile
eSourcing software promotes procurement transparency: How New Zealand’s use of technology to facilitate procurement best practices established them as the leader in transparent public sector purchasing (Upcoming Guest Post)
October 22, 2008
In an upcoming guest post by Patrick Dobbs, he will explain how the Government of New Zealand has assumed the leadership mantle in terms of implementing a fully transparent procurement process. Moving beyond simply policy-making, which transformed the New Zealand program from an optimistic goal to a dynamic reality, Dobbs will discuss the process and […]
Posted in: Guest Posting
(NEW WHITE PAPER) Yes Virginia! A Profile In Excellence
October 19, 2008
Who Can Benefit from this Paper? This thought provoking white paper is an essential resource tool for public sector organizations that are already in the midst of an established program, or ones who are contemplating a change. Although they do not operate within the same framework of a public or government entity, private sector companies can also […]
Posted in: News & Updates, White Papers
(NEW SEMINAR) Sustainability Facts and Fiction: Linking Green Idealism and Practical Business Application
October 17, 2008
“In our rapidly evolving capitalist economies, where it is in the natural order of things for corporations to devour competing corporations, for industries to carve up and digest other industries, one emerging form of capitalism with a fork – sustainable capitalism – would certainly constitute real progress.” From Cannibals With Forks – The Triple Bottom […]
Posted in: Green Procurement, News & Updates
Disconnecting Services: How Bell Canada’s Expanded Vision And Offshore Support Strategy Has Created A Customer Service Nightmare (A PI Commentary)
October 11, 2008
“The story you are about to hear is true! None of the names were changed because none were actually given (with the exception of Michèl EX47458, Stella EX47336 and the “Canadian-based” Michelle Campbell). And so in the infamous words of Sargent Joe Friday, here are “just the facts!” Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 It was a […]
Posted in: Commentary
Quantifying The Intagible: How LM3 Cuts Through The Haze Of Partisan Agendas (LM3 Profile, www.lm3online.org)
October 10, 2008
“On October 30th, 2006 Sir Nicholas Stern released his Review, The Economics of Climate Change. Stern described climate change as an economic externality which is an economic transaction that generates a positive or negative (re pollution, global warming etc.) effect for an uninvolved third-party such as the general public. Practically speaking, you could refer to […]
Posted in: Sponsor Profile
An Oasis of Creative Thought and Action in a Desert of Conflicting Policy (Associated Manufacturing Marketing Group Profile)
October 6, 2008
“From a domestic engagement perspective, public sector procurement practices are leading to an erosion of the overall supply base. This escalating level of erosion and its negative impact on innovation was initially presented as part of an October 2002 U.S. report by the Executive Office of the President. Specifically, the practice of contract bundling which […]
Posted in: Sponsor Profile
Procurement Insights 
October 30, 2008
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