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Procurement news in the UK | Page 3

An overview of news, trends and research in Procurement consulting in the UK:

A nine-step approach for successful strategic IT sourcing The sourcing of IT systems and services is a time consuming and complicated process which typically commences up to 18 months before the end of existing contract arrangements.
20 February 2017
Thames Water announces professional services framework lot winners Thames Water has appointed a number of professional services firms, including Mott MacDonald, Arcadis and Ricardo Energy & Environment, to its professional services framework.
03 February 2017
Large UK companies sitting on £244 billion in working capital Improving economic conditions across the UK for businesses, as well as keen focus on improving working capital efficiencies, has seen total cash on hand rise by 14% since 2010 – now totalling £244 billion.
13 October 2016
Overview of the implementation process for an e-Procurement solution Ramon Abbenhuis and Willem Blom, consultants at Supply Value, provide an overview of the steps required for implementing an e-Procurement solution.
12 October 2016
Trend studies for Supply Chain Management and Purchasing launched Supply Value, a consultancy specialised in supply chain management and purchasing, has launched its annual ‘Supply Chain Management Trends’ and ‘Purchasing Trends’ studies.
30 September 2016
BCG acquires procurement and operations consultancy Inverto The Boston Consulting Group has acquired Germany-based Inverto which will further diversify its range of services for clients in the procurement and operations segment.
28 September 2016
Implementation of an e-Procurement system: the business case Central in the implementation process of an e-Procurement system is the business case.
22 September 2016
Insights and lessons learned from an E-Procurement implementation Over the past year Carmen van Kruisbergen, a consultant at supply chain consultancy Supply Value, has supported a large client in the public sector with the design and roll-out of a E-Procurement solution.
13 September 2016
Four procurement consulting firms launch The Global Sourcing Alliance Four procurement-consultancy companies from Europe, North America and Asia have joined forces to create a new partnership: The Global Sourcing Alliance.
17 August 2016
Aecus launches interim management practice: Aecus Interims London based outsourcing consultancy Aecus has launched an interim management practice, adding to its portfolio of consulting, benchmarking and delivery services.
23 May 2016
BPL hires Efficio to build world class procurement function Efficio, a consulting firm specialised in procurement, has secured a two year managed services contract with Bio Products Laboratory.
21 April 2016
Supply chain managers to embrace digital transformation Improvements to relationships between organisations and their suppliers has the potential to greatly improve efficiency, cost and transparency.
14 April 2016
Operational Excellence framework helps secure ROI of projects Many projects do not pay enough attention to on going operations, but this can be a costly mistake.
06 April 2016
Cognizant supports Mizuho with blockchain implementation The promise of blockchain technology has been hyped as revolutionary in the area of digital currencies and international payments.
17 February 2016
Roland Berger runs 2nd telco industry tender Myanmar Myanmar has hired Roland Berger to run another tender process for a telco licence to the country’s market.
23 December 2015
CQC breaches procurement rules to hire McKinsey As a result of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) failure to provide sufficient regulatory oversight of care service providers within its remit, the agency looked to solve its internal issues throug
14 July 2015
Differences in procurement maturity growing globally Companies in the utilities sector have the highest maturity level in the area of procurement.
15 April 2015
Sia Partners grows sourcing footprint with deal Global consulting firm Sia Partners has recently acquired Sourcing France, a French-based procurement expert.
06 March 2015
PA Consulting: 5 tips for CPOs to tackle maverick spend As we enter the final quarter of the year, CPOs will be budgeting new cost savings to be realised during 2015.
08 October 2014
PwC and Ecorys: A lot of corruption in public procurement Corruption in public procurement costs the European Union billions on a yearly basis. On average between 3% and 4.4% of the overall value of public procurements ends up in the wrong place.
26 November 2013
Purchase department is becoming the strategic stakeholder Procurement departments of clients are becoming an increasingly strategic stakeholder for management consulting firms.
02 October 2012
ADL: Merge procurement, IT and project management Consulting firm Arthur D.
19 July 2012
Hackett: Offshore outsourcing risks millions of jobs Offshore outsourcing in information technology, finance and other back office functions such as human resources has cut 1.1 million jobs since 2008 and will result in another 1.
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