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The Brexit Deal – Negotiating to fail?
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Whether we are at the end of austerity or not, public sector spending has challenges ahead. Brexit’s on…
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REALITY CHECKS FOR THE UK Last month I did the unthinkable. I went to a procurement conference where…
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The Kite-Shaped Function
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Networked Procurement functions will be Kite shaped. We can predict that now…because all the service functions will be….
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WE CAN PREDICT THAT NOW How do we know? Procurement is a service function; it advises others how…