Digging for Fire: Driving Suppliers to Up their Game
In his book “Effective Negotiation” Dr. Chester Karrass wrote that Long Term Relationships are both good and bad for…
Dog Breeds vs Alphas
I am a strong advocate of continuous learning and development and have decided a year or so ago to find out what my…
Spend Analysis drives Organisational Decisions, so need...
I am very fortunate to be tutoring History to a girl who is doing GCSE (15 year old). I love exploring the causes and…
Now where did we put that contract? Third Party Risk...
Congratulations - you have engaged a supplier and even have a contract which details what the roles and…
A Third Party Risk Management Process is Critical to...
So the business has decided to outsource for strategic reasons; cost reduction, core business focus, increased market…
Debate : Are you the Al Capone of the Corporate World?
As a Social Historian I love to look at the Past and draw parallels with what is transpiring here in the Present. One…
Emeryst deliver Creative Strategic Procurement and Supply...
At Emeryst Ltd we offer organisations taylor-made Procurement and Supply Chain Consulting Services. Whether your…
Procurement & Business Stakeholders Together: The...
Recently I went to see the movie Batman vs Superman. I, like most movie-goers read the critics’ reviews. The majority…
Going Deeper and Wider with Supply Partners = Competitive...
One of Emeryst’s strengths is we always look for ways we can help our clients’ Supply Chain Partners bring more to the…
Innovation vs Culture : Culture Wins, Organisation Fails
The dictionary definition says Innovation is "to introduce something new". In an organisation where innovation is only…
Getting Stakeholder buy-in a.k.a. WIIFM
Affecting Change within organisations can be a difficult task, but it is not impossible. Stephen Covey wrote in 7…
RFQ/RFP what is your data starting point?
Many of us in Procurement will be tasked this year to "Go out to Market" or "Benchmark the Current Supplier(s)" or even…
