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Keystone Column 87: Disruption from Natural Disasters

Welcome to this week’s column. This week, disruption from natural disasters - managing the risks to supply chains. We're witnessing the massive damage caused to communities and businesses in Texas and Louisiana by Hurricane Harvey and the deluge of wind and water it brought, while here in Ireland the Innisowen peninsula continues its…

Donnacha Phelan3rd September 2017

Bid Management Keystone Column Procurement Training

Keystone Column 85 – Contract management & procurement trends

Welcome to this week's column. This week, we highlight some global trends and stories in the procurement space from Ireland and around the world. Our theme this week is contract management and aspects related to this area. We conclude with links to the key sources of contract notices in Ireland…

Ross McCarthy23rd August 2017

Bid Management Business Growth

Successful suppliers manage concentration risk

Commercial strategy and concentration risk When we work with clients on their commercial strategy, a key part involves the identification of different risks to their business. We often find that concentration risk features high up the list of critical risks faced by businesses that do not have a diversified customer…

Ross McCarthy27th January 2016

Business Growth

Building a business around strategic commercial objectives

Knowing when to stop something may be one of the most important life skills anyone can acquire. It can however be difficult for many of us to admit that the time has come to draw a line under certain activities whether it be a sales prospect, a sunset product we…

Ross McCarthy6th August 2015

Business Growth Procurement Sourcing

Project management – from drain to gain

We often help businesses with their project management and project governance. As professionals in project management, reviewing the approach adopted to achieving goals (no project plans, no risk management, no issues log, no clear objectives) presents challenges. The key challenge is to help the business retain its enthusiasm for the project…

Ross McCarthy30th March 2015