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Is Fragmentation Undermining the Purchasing Profession: IACCM’s Tim Cummins Believes It Is
January 12, 2011
For groups like contract management and procurement, there are no universal standards of practice. Unlike fields such as medicine, engineering and the law, there is no firmly established professional ethic or body of knowledge. And without this, they can never achieve sustainable professional status. Fragmentation clearly works against establishing such standards and ultimately proves inefficient […]
IACCM CEO Cummins discusses government waste due to poor contract management
October 14, 2010
Inefficiencies in public spending are a result of the lack of defined practices for managing supply contracts and relationships, according to IACCM, a leading authority on contract and commercial management. The recent review of UK public finances by Sir Philip Green highlighted what the Topshop owner called ‘shocking’ spending processes, claiming that no business could […]
Contracting and the Law: The Art of Interpretation
September 5, 2010
As you know, I have through the PI Window on Business Show and Blog, as well as the PI Inquisitive Eye TV Channel been covering the story of William Melchert-Dinkel who I have called The Serial Suicide Killer. In the most recent post titled “The Constitution is not a Suicide Pact: The questions and perhaps […]
OECM Punts Ariba, Taking a $20 Million Dollar Hit In The Process?
September 1, 2010
Editor’s Update: Unfortunately the PowerPoint presentation that is referenced in this article was taken down by it’s author. While it would have served as a good reference point in terms of what ultimately derailed the program and perhaps helped others to understand what went wrong and why, its removals is nonetheless telling. The great part […]
With Baxter Kawasaki Let’s The Good Times Roll!
August 18, 2010
In another one of those moments when you realize that your are just a few short years away from wearing plaid shirts, pants that buckle over your belly button and running shoes (not because your athletic but because you need the arch support), the first thing that came to mind when I received word that […]
What is the most effective way for government to engage the SME supply base? (Part 2)
August 13, 2010
The following is the second of a 2-Part series in which Part 1 (Defining “meaningful accessibility” across the spectrum of spend (Part 1)) appeared in the Procurement Insights blog on August 9th. It seems like a fairly simple and straight forward question to which an immediate answer should be readily forthcoming. However, for those of us […]
Defining “meaningful accessibility” across the spectrum of spend (Part 1)
August 9, 2010
Over the past several months we have been focusing on contracting practices ranging from transparency in the public sector procurement process, to the importance of creating a clearly defined RFP with concise performance requirements, and of course the fair or equitable distribution of risk between buyers and suppliers. While each of these areas have their […]
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Is IACCM’s new socially interactive website a sign of an emerging threat to public social networks like LinkedIn and Facebook . . . Maybe!
January 19, 2011
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We took the best from social network sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn and incorporated these features into the new socially interactive IACCM website . . . So commented Bob Emery, the General Manager, Marketing and Development for the International Association for Contract and Commercial Management “IACCM” during his Webinar tour of the exciting new […]