Procurex North - Manchester 24th April 2018

Tomorrow is Procurex North in Manchester at Manchester Central (which is part of the G-Mex complex).  Free to people working in the public sector.  Details here.

In the afternoon I am talking in the Winning Tenders Zone - so you can adapt your plans accordingly (listen or avoid).

There are a lot of good speakers during the day - especially in the Keynote Arena.  

Hope to see you there.

Procurex South - now onto Procurex North in Manchester 24th April 2018

Had a really good time at Procurex South.  Thanks to Twitter posters for the photos. Lots of questions from delegates, which I hope I managed to answer.  Good buzz around the place.  Got to get away from the stand to hear very interesting bit from Professor Sue Arrowsmith on Public Procurement implications of Brexit.  Her paper for the European Parliament last year is still the state of the art.  Current situation is wait and see but don't expect major changes in the near future.

And so onto Procurex North in Manchester on 24th April 2018 - full details here.  I am again running the Winning Tenders training zone.  Hopefully with new insights, or at least new jokes.

Hope to see you there.

CIPS Introduction to Public Procurement Bristol 25th April 2018

I shall be running the CIPS Introduction to Public Procurement course in Bristol in April 2018.  The next day is the Applying EU Public Procurement course, which follows on from the Introduction.  This time round we are not following that up with the Future of Public Procurement day, but that will be next run in Manchester in June 2018.  By which time the future of public procurement may have changed from where we are now - or may not.  That one needs regular checking and updating.

This course covers the basics of Public Procurement and so is useful for people joining the Public Sector, joining procurement, wanting a refresher, taking over running a procurement department or trying to sell to the public sector.  Or at least we often have delegates with those backgrounds.  If you are just interested, you are still welcome.

IChemE: Engineering Procurement Online course

Well we are nearly at the end.  The last webinar is tomorrow 7th February 2018 at 9am and 4pm.
This session is called Improving Engineering Procurement, and is based around a series of 5 tips to improve procurement in your organisation.  It should pay for itself.

All 4 webinars will be available to buy online after the event.

Full details are here.

IChemE webinar series: Engineering Procurement January 2018 - part 3; Price, Cost and Value

So the next webinar in our series is tomorrow, Tuesday 30th January 2018 at 9am and 4pm.

This time I am going to be talking about Price, Cost and Value.  As well as looking at the Total Cost Iceberg, we shall touch on Volkswagen Group cars, the world's most expensive painting to date (see above) and why bottled water costs so much at Schipol airport.

Hopefully something in there for you.

The previous 2 webinars are available for purchase, and the last one will be next Wednesday 7th February 2018 and will give some (hopefully) useful hints and tips for improving Engineering Procurement.

Details are here.

IChemE webinar series: Engineering Procurement January 2018

I am delighted to be dipping my toes into the webinar waters with a series on Engineering Procurement for IChemE.

These 4 webinars will be first run in January/February 2018, and will then be available to purchase from IChemE.

Details are here. 

We start on Tuesday 16th January 2018 9am and 4pm.  The advantage of joining us then is that you can take part in the live Q&A sessions.

Hope you can join us.
PS (sorry about getting the day wrong - definitely Tuesday 16th - part 2 Tuesday 23rd January 2018)

Best wishes for 2018

2018 still sounds the future to me, but it is only a couple of weeks away.

2018 will mark 20 years of PAWA Consulting  - what a long strange trip it has been.  2017 has been one of our best years ever, and I am looking forward to a break and then diving back.

There will be the usual mix of open and in-house training courses through a number of providers, including for the first time online webinars that can be bought and viewed at any time.  There may be other stuff too - but first the holidays.

So Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year to you - hope 2018 finds you healthy, happy and prosperous.