SCAPA Services Blog
We hope you enjoy our Supply Chain and Procurement Administration blog posts.Establishing A Foundation For An SRM Program
There has been a plethora of prose, examples, case studies and debates written over the recent decades and by a myriad of authors regarding Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), its pros and cons from both supplier and buyer standpoint and how a mature and well...
Time To Walk The Talk
Do we have a serious plan or intent to formally tackle the management of how Australia Pty Ltd procures goods and services, or shall we continue just to talk about it? A recent “GovernmentNews” article published alluding to poor procurement practices costing...
A Practitioner’s Experiences
At the recent Procurious Big Ideas summit in London ideas were put forward as defining and can support Procurement excellence, if/when Procurement is at the epicentre of the business and driving it from there instead of being on the periphery. My own...
Priceberg!
What additional or hidden costs might lie under the surface of ex works that shall influence total cost at the point of consumption? It’s easy to award a supplier business based on its ex works offer being the cheapest or most cost competitive offer received at the...
Customer Of Choice
Procurement won’t get its own way forever In these days of increasing constraints on availability of supplies or suppliers in certain key industries are we confident in our ability to secure goods and services in the timescale needed because, in our opinion, we are...
Drilling Down
Oil & Gas sector firms risk being left behind by technological change unless they manage their supply chains effectively. The challenges facing procurement in the oil & gas sector are varied, considerable and long term. Unless they are identified and managed...