Restraint of Trade
A confidentiality agreement regarding the use of confidential information may have some of the same effects as a restraint of trade, but they are not the same thing.
Is Green Cladding the new buzz word?
Green Cladding has the potential to do good in the Australian Community, however some organisations are starting to take advantage of this with little done to stop this practice.
Reactive to Strategic: Commonwealth entities must “lean in” to strategic procurement planning to get the best out of procurements
Now is the time for Commonwealth entities to “lean into” their strategic procurement planning to prepare for and anticipate business needs.
The Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) have changed, again!
Disregard the last version of the CPRs, this version is the current one.
Stress testing Procurement & Projects!
Written by: Donna Kirk – The Pro Forum Community of Practice Often thought of as an engineering process to test functions or usage, a stress test is used to diagnose just what it might take to break a process or [...]
What Social Procurement really looks like.
Written by: Brett Lyndon – The Pro Forum Community of Practice Successful social procurement is built on: Context & catalysts: how social procurement is relevant to the procurement and the reason for inclusion and consideration; Culture & champions: it is [...]
Socially Responsible Procurement – SRP
Written by: Donna Kirk – The Pro Forum Community of Practice Socially Responsible Procurement is a framework of measurable corporate policies and procedures and resulting behaviour designed to benefit the workplace, and by extension the individual organisation and community. Benefits, [...]
Current issues impacting Procurement & Project professionals
Written by: Donna Kirk – The Pro Forum Community of Practice The last year has seen unmitigated stress placed on supply chains throughout the world which in turn has made procurements far more complicated than they have ever been before. [...]
Do you know where procurement can take you?
Written by: Donna Kirk – The Pro Forum Community of Practice When it comes to procurement there are many different roles and titles, none of which are necessarily obvious to know exactly what they entail. However, there are 5 main [...]
Modern Slavery Action – What is being done (Part2)
Written by Brett Lyndon, General Manager Training Pro Leaders Academy, a leading trainer in procurement and ethical behaviour. In its COMMONWEALTH MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT 2019 –20 “The (Australian) Government recognises that responding to modern slavery risks in operations and supply [...]