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Where did purchasing go wrong: Businessman sells £50 Million of fake bomb detection equipment to governments around the world by Jon Hansen
April 23, 2013
The ineffectual detectors were used by soldiers and peacekeepers out in the field, putting lives at risk, with McCormick thought to have made an estimated £50 million from sales of his three models to Iraq, Belgium and the UN for use in Lebanon. from the April 23rd, 2013 Telegraph article “Businessman found guilty of selling […]
A Canadian view of the NHS procurement controversy in the UK (Part 1 of 2) by Jon Hansen
April 19, 2013
“Of $4 billion NHS spent in 2009 on health service projects and innovation, only $224 million had impact on patient care, chasm must be closed” The above was my response to Bob Hudson, whose article “Annulling competition rules is the most important NHS battleground” appeared in the guardian on April 2nd. It has been suffice […]
Assimilating Innovation (Part 2 of 3): Does Steve Sabol bias govern industry bloggers coverage? by Jon Hansen
April 15, 2013
In 1969 Steve Sabol produced a 22-minute review of Super Bowl III for NFL Films. In his pro-National Football League stance, Sabol focused more on the sore-armed Johnny Unitas’s valiant effort to rally Baltimore than on how the Jets made good on Joe Namath’s victory guarantee and beat the Colts, 16-7. Sabol, the president of […]
The arrest of former president of SNC-Lavalin raises the question; Is the Government’s integrity policy based on the fruit of the poisonous tree principle? by Jon Hansen
April 12, 2013
News reports announced that “Pierre Duhaime, former president of SNC-Lavalin, was arrested at his Montreal-area home Wednesday on charges of fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud and using forged documents.” While one may be inclined to simply shake their head at this most recent example of the avarice and moral decline of yet another corporate executive, […]
Move of IT buying to SSC lays the foundation for getting the job done right! by Andy Akrouche
April 10, 2013
“By moving away from each department independently managing these activities, there are opportunities to drive economies of scale, achieve savings for taxpayers and improve services,” the budget reads. “Moving forward, the government will explore further whole-of-government approaches to reduce costs in the area of procurement of end-user devices and associated support services.” The above is […]
A Paradigm Shift in Contracting Sensibilities? by Jon Hansen
March 27, 2013
Just this morning I received a notification of an upcoming seminar series presented under the heading “A seminar on Relational Outsourcing Management: Source Relationships, Not Deals or Transactions!“ I am of course quite familiar with both the phrase sourcing relationships not deals, as well as the organization behind the seminar; Strategic Relationships Solutions Inc. You […]
Focus on building relationships that create sustainable value in Canada key to CF-18 Hornet replacement contract (Part 1) by Andy Akrouche
March 21, 2013
Editor’s Note: The following article is from the Relational Contracting Intelligence blog by Andy Akrouche. Given the high profile debate surrounding Canada’s failed F-35 fighter jet acquisition, the timing of Akrouche’s article could not be better. “I am not pro or against the technology, I just want to build value in Canada. So let’s take […]
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Big Data, Predictive Models and a Hit TV Series (Part 1 of 2) by Jon Hansen
May 22, 2013
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“What you are talking about is the utilization of a predictive model similar in many ways to the system featured in the hit TV show Person of Interest. Quite simply it is a centralized capture and correlation repository which then utilizes advanced algorithms to put an organization ahead of the demand curve.” The above is […]