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Procurement Outsourcing

This supplement was published with Supply Management magazine in October 2008.

  • Pick or mix?It can be difficult to decide whether to outsource some, or all of your procurement. Emma Clarke looks at the selection of outsourcing offerings
  • New directionsWhat is procurement outsourcing, how is the market working now and what comes next? Rachael Stormonth, vice-president at NelsonHall, provides an overview
  • Come the evolutionWhat does the history of procurement outsourcing tell us about its future? Saurabh Gupta finds out
  • Defining rolesPhillip Rees and Alison Love explore the employment implications of procurement outsourcing where staff have been transferred, and looks at the TUPE requirements
  • A civil partnershipSmaller councils without their own professional procurement expertise are joining together to form shared services centres. Jane Simms asks whether they are working happily ever after
  • How to sell it to the boardWhat are the concerns or objections raised by the boss when you first propose procurement outsourcing? Helen Gilbert gets the experts to respond
  • Know your game planWhat risks are there in procurement outsourcing and how should you go about rewarding your provider? Andy Allen finds out
(supplement) Procurement Outsourcing
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