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Sales, Customer Service, Supplier Negotiation

Bonjour, comment ca va?

It’s all Greek to me. Did you know that the Greek say it’s all Chinese to me? I wonder what the Chinese say.I am very…
Sales, Process analysis, Customer Service

A day in the Life of a Procurement Professional

Well, I should really term it 3-6 months in the life of… The day I am referring to is the time when I moved from being…
Data Analytics, System mapping, Customer Service

Does your Pond Think: Data Management Systems

My first year Philosophy lecturer posed this question to around 300 students. At the following day’s class only around…
Cost Savings, Supply Chain, Process analysis

Keep your friends close, the art of the supplier site visit

Adding to my discussion last week about the pitfalls of “unchallenged” Long Term Relationships, I believe that it is an…
Negotiation, Cost Savings, Supply Chain

You don't know what you don't know: Exceptional as Standard

I am a firm believer in asking questions and this skill has stood me in good stead over the course of my career.In…
Training, Project Management

How Sharp is your Saw : Continuously Improving Your Skills

Emeryst Ltd is offering a range of Procurement Training Courses which will give you and your organization the tools to…
Negotiation, Outsourcing, Strategic planning

What is your Back-Office; Strategic Outsourcing

For most people in Strategic Leadership positions this statement is a constant in their lives. Outsourcing has been…
Negotiation, Supply Chain, Contract Management

Bingo or Russian Roulette?

My girlfriends and I like to go play Bingo. We tell ourselves it is to have time away from husbands, partners and…
Contract Management, Supplier Negotiation

Digging for Fire: Driving Suppliers to Up their Game

In his book “Effective Negotiation” Dr. Chester Karrass wrote that Long Term Relationships are both good and bad for…
Accounts, Spend Analysis, Data Analytics

Spend Analysis drives Organisational Decisions, so need...

I am very fortunate to be tutoring History to a girl who is doing GCSE (15 year old). I love exploring the causes and…
Process analysis, Contract Management

Now where did we put that contract? Third Party Risk...

Congratulations - you have engaged a supplier and even have a contract which details what the roles and…
Outsourcing, Process analysis

A Third Party Risk Management Process is Critical to...

So the business has decided to outsource for strategic reasons; cost reduction, core business focus, increased market…

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