Welcome to the Keystone Column. This week we look at sourcing innovation – it is not easy to envisage solutions that do not exist yet. We highlight important opportunities for innovative SMEs post…
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We believe that SMEs can expand and compete through cooperative engagements like business consortiums and networks. It makes sense for businesses, particularly micro-businesses and small businesses in so many ways. That is why…
Welcome to the Keystone Column. This week we look at procurement risk – both specific cases and wider trends. Its not all doom and gloom however: we also look at…
Welcome to the Keystone Column. This week we look at collaborative procurement stories in the news to see what happens when it works well … and when it doesn’t. We…
Welcome to the Keystone Column. This week we look at how businesses can compete effectively in procurement by understanding what the customer wants. We see a new media business using digital…
Welcome to the Keystone Column. This week we look at strategic procurement both from the buyers and suppliers perspective. We see innovative ideas can be rooted in the traditional and as…
Welcome to the Keystone Column. This week we look at digitalisation and what the anticipated mass-automation of industry will mean for jobs. The British and Irish governments reaffirm their support…
Welcome to the Keystone Column. This week we look at social value and procurement: we look at the wider impact procurement decisions can have. We also learn where Ireland ranks amongst…
Welcome to the Keystone Column. This week we see at how large contract growth can transform SMEs, consider the benefits of SMEs for graduates choosing a career and look at…
Welcome to the first column of 2017. This week we look at tendering workshops taking place in Ireland in 2017 to help SMEs win public contracts, trouble with tenders in Mayo and…