The Southwest One story (part 3) – from hubris to High Court (almost)
Part 3 of Dave Orr’s history of the Southwest One Somerset JV – the story turns controversial as SAP is poorly implemented, with disastrous reputational results and a breakdown in relationships. Read part 1 here and part 2 here. The year is 2009 and after several implementation delays IBM/Southwest One implement a large SAP IT system for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). SAP is a key component of the bid to “transform” Somerset County and Taunton Deane Borough Councils and the Avon & Somerset Police. Not only would SAP control purchasing, to direct all spend to central contracts, to aggregate spend [...]
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GPS and Cabinet Office procurement – more integration to come, says Crothers
The excitement around centralising Whitehall procurement is coming thick and fast now! After the CIPS push-back earlier today on Francis Maude’s ill-judged definition of procurement, we’ve got a short piece in Government Computing based on a chat they had with Bill Crothers, Government CPO, at the Cabinet Office event I also attended on Monday. Crothers talks about bringing together GPS (the operational arm) with the rest of the Cabinet Office procurement activities, such as the policy work and the work of the Crown Commercial Representatives. Bill Crothers told Government Computing, “I think the catchword is integration. What we have is [...]
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