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Acuity (Consultants) Ltd Executive Interm Manager and ACUITY Director, Tony Colwell’s Blog post this week titled 5 Models for Procurement Organisation, discusses the differences in the definition between Procurement and Purchasing. It also outlines the different types of procurement models. There are three basic models for procurement, any others being a combination of these three: Local – [...] I saw a discussion recently on Linked-In on why companies are turning toward having a few preferred suppliers rather than selecting items on price alone. This strategy is known as Strategic Sourcing. The question spurred quite a discussion. Here are some of the key points. Price alone has nothing to do with material standards, product quality, or [...] Over the last 15 years, eCommerce has fundamentally changed the way we buy things. Before the advent of eCommerce, individuals and businesses looking to purchase items were forced to either shop from store to store, or search through stacks of paper catalogs and then call the merchant to order. Now you can sit at a computer in [...] While re-arranging my office space, I came across a book on government supply chain management. In 2004, the Honorable Jacques S. Gansler, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, and Robert E. Luby Jr., Vice President, Supply Chain Management at IBM published a book titled: Transforming Government Supply Chain Management. In the book, [...] Continuing our discussion of Service Oriented Architecture, let’s look at some of the chief benefits. SOA is designed to eliminate dependencies on a particular implementation technology. When services are accessed through a common interface, the underlying implementation can change without changing the systems that build upon them. The implementation of the service can change for many reasons, [...] Over the years, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has increasingly become a “hot button” among CIOs and IT professionals inside the Department of Defense. But what is SOA and how is it helping the DOD . . . ? SOA emphasizes the flexible composition of distinct business functions—or services—into a complete business process. In its most recent and [...] Last week, Matt Langan of Appian had an excellent post on the emerging use of Business Process Management (BPM) software in the government acquisition process. He stated that, “we are seeing government embrace Business Process Management (BPM) acquisition solutions (versus COTS) in order to gain process transparency, react quickly to change and improve process efficiency; thereby [...] When it comes to organizations’ finances, some years are better than others. It’s no secret that for many in the private and public sectors, the last few years have been on the lean side. It requires creativity for a company or government department to tighten its belt without cutting its services or quality. With fewer goods being [...] I’ve uncovered an interesting article by Chris Stephenson—writer for Manufacturers’ Monthly. It was written a few months ago, but reads like a perfect companion piece to Terryl Benson’s post on supply chain inventory management—featured on this blog a few days ago. Stephenson’s article talks about lean logistics methodologies as a primary improvement model for manufacturers, and how [...] |
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