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As with all of government, the Department of Defense is facing slimmer budgets and looking at ways to save money. Basically as Ashton Carter, Deputy Secretary, Department of Defense, put it: “To do more, without more.” In December 2010, John Young, a senior fellow at Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and a former U.S. undersecretary of defense [...] There has been an ongoing discussion in Linked-In about why some procurement saving initiatives or strategic sourcing plans fail to realize the savings they are projected to have. The comments to the questions have revealed a few likely reasons so many projects fail. I work primarily with government agency buying groups, but the following comments pertain [...] 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 – [...] As is the case with commercial shoppers, government buyers can also benefit in a number of ways from shopping online. 1. Convenience and time saving From the Contracting Officer’s perspective – writing a general purpose contract one time and letting buyers make purchase orders against that contract saves a lot of time. A number of federal agencies have [...] 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 [...] 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, [...] For a number of years now, the business community has benefitted from the impact of Business to Business (B2B) markets. Their impact on the economy is evident in several ways: Transaction costs. Three cost areas are significantly reduced through the conduct of B2B e-commerce. First is the reduction of search costs, as buyers need not go through multiple [...] Having your credit card stolen is a major concern for any cardholder. Combine that with the responsibility of buying supplies for the government and it is enough to lose sleep over. Attacks on payment card processing systems are on the rise. Organized internet thieves target all sizes of on-line merchants. According to a study by the [...] A number of predictions are being made about the direction of government IT for 2011. The Obama administration is taking a look at the effectiveness of the “grand design approach.” These costly, massive IT projects aim for sweeping reinvention of agency computer systems and business processes. Unfortunately, these large-scale projects are frequently plagued by cost overruns and schedule [...] The Department of Defense gives itself a B in overall use of Small Business in FY2009. As a Small Business Prime Contractor for the DOD, Partnet is proud of our contributions to the DOD and feel that we give the America Taxpayer a good buy for their money. Small businesses frequently operate with lower overhead than [...] |
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