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Shorter & readable Contracts - Disruption or just faster horses?
UK government lawyers have created a shorter, more user-friendly public sector contract to encourage smaller businesses (SMEs) to bid for £12m worth more easily. Is this really a disruption or just faster horses?
3D-Printed Aircraft Engine - Is your Procurement as agile?
This week GE released this great GIF of its 1,300-horsepower advanced turboprop (ATP) engine in which more than one-third of the components have been built through additive manufacturing, or 3D printing. The company is showing off its creation in real life at this week's big air show in Oshkosh, WI. In other words hardware development is getting more and more agile, is your procurement as agile?
Does the RfP Process need a MAJOR Upgrade - Episode 3: RfP 3.0 'Request for Participation'
Looking back in the history of the RfI/RfP process we see, that it’s source was developed in another time at the end of the 19th century. Of course the new channels like phone, email, web, etc. allowed new possibilities and increased efficiency. However the core of the process stayed nearly the same. Do we may be need a major upgrade after almost 120 years?
Lets have a look at the RfP 3.0, the request for participation and how this improves competitive advantage of buyers and suppliers.
Does the RfP Process need a major Upgrade? - Episode 2: The Facts
Looking back in the history of the RfI/RfP process we see, that it’s source was developed in another time at the end of the 19th century. Of course the new channels like phone, email, web, etc. allowed new possibilities and increased efficiency. However the core of the process stayed nearly the same. Do we may be need a major upgrade after almost 120 years?
Lets have a look at some interesting facts and experiences from the field handling complex tenders with the classic RfP process.
Does the RfP Process need a major Upgrade? - Episode 1: The History
Looking back in the history of the RfI/RfP process we see, that it’s source was developed in another time at the end of the 19th century. Of course the new channels like phone, email, web, etc. allowed new possibilities and increased efficiency. However the core of the process stayed nearly the same and struggles with increased demands of complex orders. Do we may be need a major upgrade after almost 120 years?
Lets first look back in history, how it come to the todays RfP Process.
Good Practice in procurement of business Services & Results of the Performance Excellence Study 2016
The conference about good practice in procurement of business Services in Bern, organized by procure.ch and University of St. Gallen (UNISG) Research Institute for Logistics Management brought together an amazing group of pan-european/-industry procurement experts. The UNISG presented their Results of the Performance Excellence Study 2016 and the top performer an open and honest insight about their current state in procurement. I really hope this kind of event will be continued!
Public sector in the Nordics is showing us what's possible with agile@procurement
The agile procurement conference in Stockholm, organized by members of crisp.se, is a unique format with a unique audience. It proofs what would be possible in the public sector and purchasing using agile. This blog post is about my personal summary about it. I really can recommend it, meet you there next year!
1st Survey: State of Agile Procurement
It's my pleasure to present the 1st survey "State of Agile Procurement" summarized and translated from the German, Source: Komus : Kurzstudie Agiler Einkauf (2017).
My key learning of the survey is that lean-agile procurement is leading edge and might become the option to disrupt the procurement industry. Nevertheless the transformation is still at the very beginning.
1st purchaser of the book: lean-agile procurement
It feels awesome, the book is in a very early state and the first purchaser decided to buy the book. Thanks a lot!-This motivates us to continue our journey
US Department of Defense (DoD) embracing Agile contracts
Under the direction of Jeff Sutherland (Co-Creator of Scrum) the US Department of Defense has begun to embrace Agile contracts for procurement