Supplier Management

If you work in local government procurement, you would be all too aware of the current and continual challenges faced by Australian councils. From rate-capping measures introduced in the 2010s [...]

Discourse within some circles indicates that the era of the end-to-end contract management solution is no longer. Point solutions, they say, are quicker and more adept at solving specific [...]

DATE: Thursday 29 October TIME: 2:00 – 2:30PM (AEST) Practicing sustainable procurement – and encouraging your suppliers to do the same – might be easier than you think. While [...]

Recently, Open Windows Director Shane McInnes wrote about the ways procurement professionals and their suppliers can shape a sustainable world. Shane’s insights boiled down to a simple [...]

Author: Shane McInnes, Director – Open Windows Software On the 3rd of September, I opened the annual OW2020 User Conference with a presentation on the role of procurement professionals and [...]

With the West Australian Government recently announcing its intention to black ban any suppliers convicted of fraud, bribery or corruption, the importance of probity in procurement has been [...]

All too often, we view our supplier relationships through a rigid managerial lens, leaving minimal room for a cohesive, collaborative relationship to develop. While this approach does bring with [...]

  The impact of procurement on the business results of leading organisations within various sectors is steadily rising, highlighting the need to invest in quality procurement solutions that [...]

Author: Ryan Newstead, Principal Consultant – Open Windows Information systems drive organisations with the masses of data they collect, store and output. This data is invaluable to the [...]