Outsourcing Revisited: Is It A Viable Strategy?
According to recent studies, two-thirds of all outsourcing programs fail to achieve the expected results. In fact some studies even suggest that this estimate is low putting the number as high as 90...
View ArticleWhat CXOs consistently fail to grasp about enterprise security
During eWorld I will be hosting a Roundtable discussion on Outsourcing focusing on key areas such as “Security in the Cloud.” Joining 30 plus year public sector veteran and the author of the seminal...
View ArticleGuest Panel Discussion regarding Virginia’s Supplier Diversity Advisory...
As indicated in my post of January 18th, the Interim Report from the Governor’s Supplier Diversity Advisory Board provides both an interesting (and yes timely) review of procurement policy and practice...
View ArticleThe Universal challenges of health care procurement
It seems that hardly a week goes by when there isn’t one story or another involving health care. From Medicaid reform to the spiraling costs tied to an increase in chronic illnesses – according to...
View ArticleUK Parliamentary Review into Government Procurement by Colin Cram
The Public Administration Select Committee is a UK Parliamentary body consisting of about 12 members of Parliament. Select committees are where much of the useful Parliamentary work is done. It has...
View ArticleSpend Matters Peter Smith’s Tesco rant misses the point by Jon Hansen
Just so I leave no room for misunderstanding, I have never been an advocate of the centralization of the procurement process in the public sector. Nor have I been lured into accepting the New Public...
View ArticleRestructuring Government Procurement by Colin Cram
The UK government appears to be moving towards centralising civil government procurement in all but name. It was less than 3 months ago that I proposed* to a UK Parliamentary committee (the Public...
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