Scope and Influence of Procurement and Supply
Defining Business Needs
Commercial Contracting
Ethical and Responsible Sourcing
Commercial Negotiation
Supplier Relationships
Whole Life Asset Management
Procurement and Supply in Practice
Managing Teams and Individuals
Managing Supply Chain Risk
Key Performance Indicators could be said to be:
SWART
SMART
SHARP
START
Explanation
Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, timebound or similar.
Where the buyer’s and seller’s conditions of contract clash, this is commonly known as ‘the battle of the…’
Bulge
Terms
Firms
Forms
Papers
Titans
Buyers should work hard to ensure that their terms and conditions apply to the contract between buyer and seller.
They should seek to win 'the battle of the forms'.
The objective of value engineering has been described as:
Doing more with the same
Doing more with less
Doing more with more
Doing more with your time
Value engineering, like value analysis, but at the design stage, seeks to create at least as great an output, but with fewer components / inputs.