The Southwest One story (part 4) – from hubris to High Court (almost)
Here is the final part of Dave Orr’s excellent analysis of the Southwest One council outsourcing story. Here, he looks at the fundamental reasons why things went wrong and suggests some lessons learnt. Read part 1 here, part 2 here, and part 3 here So, what can we learn from this whole sad story? · Councils naturally want the most services (at reasonable quality) for the least cost, and conversely outsourcers (at a basic level) want the most income for the least cost of supply. This essential contradiction, means that expressions like “partnership” need to be mutually reconciled, before signing [...]
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The Events Tracker and Predictor – an innovative new product from Intenda
We haven’t featured Intenda, sourcing and related software providers, for a while, so it was good to catch up with Herman Fick, one of their directors and founders. That was to have a look at a new product the firm is marketing – their “Events Tracker and Predictor”. His pitch was “this is unique” – always a good way to get a writer / analyst interested! And, you know what, he may be right. The product (my description) is a tool to support contracting / sourcing exercises, combining project planning, monitoring and recording aspects with a predictive element, and an [...]
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