Procuring Complex Performance

Author : Nigel Caldwell,Mickey Howard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136903038

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This book examines the management of Procuring Complex Performance (PCP) in large-scale programmes that includes the downstream support phase in sectors such as construction, healthcare, transport, aerospace, marine and defence. It brings together a series of edited chapters to explain why the traditional combination of linear project management and highly detailed contracts are now unsuited to the dynamics of emerging customer requirements based on performance and outcome. Working with leading business professors across the UK and Europe, Caldwell and Howard present the case for why large-scale programmes of world class organizations often represent a shifting frontier between the boundaries of public-private provision and silos of operations expertise. Adopting a procurement perspective, the authors explain how complex performance means not just coping with the dynamics of buyer-supplier relationships, but incorporates the shift from production orientation towards availability of bundled services such as maintenance and upgrade delivered over extended, often multi-decade timeframes. The strength of ‘PCP’ is its empirical case-based support for new business models based on through-life management, availability contracting and service support which challenge simplistic notions of dyadic, hierarchical relationships and transfer of risk to the supply base. This unique publication is essential reading for scholars and practitioners seeking to understand the context of innovation and supply as a coordinated and integrated approach to managing and procuring complex performance.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : OCLC:1101749538

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Author : Nigel Caldwell,Mickey Howard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136903045

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Procuring Complex Performance by Nigel Caldwell,Mickey Howard Pdf

This book examines the management of Procuring Complex Performance (PCP) in large-scale programmes that includes the downstream support phase in sectors such as construction, healthcare, transport, aerospace, marine and defence. It brings together a series of edited chapters to explain why the traditional combination of linear project management and highly detailed contracts are now unsuited to the dynamics of emerging customer requirements based on performance and outcome. Working with leading business professors across the UK and Europe, Caldwell and Howard present the case for why large-scale programmes of world class organizations often represent a shifting frontier between the boundaries of public-private provision and silos of operations expertise. Adopting a procurement perspective, the authors explain how complex performance means not just coping with the dynamics of buyer-supplier relationships, but incorporates the shift from production orientation towards availability of bundled services such as maintenance and upgrade delivered over extended, often multi-decade timeframes. The strength of ‘PCP’ is its empirical case-based support for new business models based on through-life management, availability contracting and service support which challenge simplistic notions of dyadic, hierarchical relationships and transfer of risk to the supply base. This unique publication is essential reading for scholars and practitioners seeking to understand the context of innovation and supply as a coordinated and integrated approach to managing and procuring complex performance.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:931493471

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Procuring and Managing Complex Performance by Anonim Pdf

Author : Irene Ng,Glenn Parry,Peter Wild,Duncan McFarlane,Paul Tasker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780857291899

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Complex Engineering Service Systems by Irene Ng,Glenn Parry,Peter Wild,Duncan McFarlane,Paul Tasker Pdf

For manufacturers of complex engineering equipment, the focus on service and achieving outcomes for customers is the key to growth. Yet, the capability to provide service for complex engineered products is less understood. Taking a trans-disciplinary approach, Complex Engineering Service Systems covers various aspects of service in complex engineering systems, with perspectives from engineering, management, design, operations research, strategy, marketing and operations management that are relevant to different disciplines, organisation functions, and geographic locations. The focus is on the many facets of complex engineering service systems around a core integrative framework of three value transformations – that of material/equipment, information and people. Complex Engineering Service Systems is the outcome of the EPSRC/BAE Systems S4T (Service Support Solutions: Strategy and Transition) research programme of 10 universities and 27 researchers, which examined how high-value manufacturers of complex engineering products adapt to a multi-partnered environment to design and deliver value in a service system. Complex Engineering Service Systems aims to be the main source of knowledge for academics and professionals in the research and practice of contracting, managing, designing, leading, and delivering complex engineering service systems. The book takes a value-based approach to integrating equipment and human factors into a total service provision. In doing so, it aims to advance the field of service systems and engineering.

Author : Charles Edquist,Nicholas S. Vonortas,Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia,Jakob Edler
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783471898

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Public Procurement for Innovation by Charles Edquist,Nicholas S. Vonortas,Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia,Jakob Edler Pdf

This book focuses on Public Procurement for Innovation. Public Procurement for Innovation is a specific demand-side innovation policy instrument. It occurs when a public organization places an order for a new or improved product to fulfill certain need

Author : Jean-Christophe Le Coze
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351190220

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Safety Science Research by Jean-Christophe Le Coze Pdf

Safety Science Research: Evolution, Challenges and New Directions provides a unique perspective into the latest developments of safety science by putting together, for the first time, a new generation of authors with some of the pioneers of the field. Forty years ago, research traditions were developed, including, among others, high-reliability organisations, cognitive system engineering or safety regulations. In a fast-changing world, the new generation introduces, in this book, new disciplinary insights, addresses contemporary empirical issues, develops new concepts and models while remaining critical of safety research practical ambitions. Their ideas are then reflected and discussed by some of the pioneers of safety science. Features Allows the reader to discover how contemporary safety issues are currently framed by a new generation of researchers, brought together for the first time Includes an introduction and guide to the development of safety science over the last four decades Features an extraordinary collection of expert contributors, including pioneers of safety research, reflecting the evolution of the discipline and offering insightful commentary on the current and future state of the field Serves as an invaluable reference and guide for safety professionals and students from any established disciplines such as sociology, engineering, psychology, political science or management as well as dedicated safety programmes Some figures in the eBook are in colour

Author : Shakya, Rajesh Kumar
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781522522041

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Digital Governance and E-Government Principles Applied to Public Procurement by Shakya, Rajesh Kumar Pdf

Public procurement is vulnerable on many levels. Therefore, to increase protection and improve efficiency, governments across the globe are looking to introduce electronic-based infrastructures. Digital Governance and E-Government Principles Applied to Public Procurement is an essential reference publication for the latest research on the implementation and impact of public reforms through e-Procurement. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics and perspectives, such as anti-corruption, acquisitions costs, and governance structures, this book is ideally designed for academicians, practitioners, professionals, and researchers seeking current research on the regulation of the public sector through digital approaches.

Author : Kim Haugbølle,David Boyd
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317290056

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Clients and Users in Construction by Kim Haugbølle,David Boyd Pdf

Clients have been identified as critical for building delivery but have been under-researched with only a few studies about them. This book seeks to address this gap. A deeper look into the nature of construction clients and their relation to building users exposes more fundamental questions related to the activity of building and the activity in the building. These fundamental questions include 'How do clients get what they want?', 'How do clients cope with the building process?', and 'How are clients being shaped by building(s)?'. This book on clients and users is structured around three main themes: Agency is concerned with the classical agency/structure dichotomy on actions, roles and responsibilities or, put differently, whether actors can act freely or are bound by structural constraints. Governance is related to the interplay between clients and the supply system: clients govern the supply system but are at the same time governed by the supply system through different processes and mechanisms. Innovation deals with construction innovation and what part clients and users play in this struggle between change and stability. The book includes theoretical and conceptual frameworks on what constitutes clients and users as well as case studies on R&D themes of relevance to practice.

Author : Khi V. Thai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351562393

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International Handbook of Public Procurement by Khi V. Thai Pdf

Since the 1990s, government at all levels is under increasing pressure to do more with less. However, despite the U.S. government spending about 15 to 20 percent of its GDP on contracts for goods and services, there is a paucity of reference books for public procurement officials and very few textbooks for courses on the subject. Filling this void, the International Handbook of Public Procurement provides the knowledge necessary to understand how procurement works and how to improve the cost-effectiveness of procurement systems. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the book focuses on the managerial, economic, political, and legal aspects of this topic. It begins with a conceptual framework and highlights various reforms occurring in certain countries. By examining these improvements, readers are able to apply this knowledge to their own strategies. The next section presents selected cases that illustrate the public procurement process, examining systems in various nations including Germany, China, South Africa, Cambodia, Uganda, and Estonia. The book also discusses the rise of electronic procurement systems (E-procurement) and reviews the benefits of these efficient systems. Other topics presented in this comprehensive volume include practical discussions on contract negotiations, bidding, price strategies and cost analysis, and an insightful chapter on the market’s response to contract award announcements. A virtual encyclopedia from numerous international experts, this book was assembled by Khi V. Thai, Professor at Florida Atlantic University and Editor of the Journal of Public Procurement. Dr. Thai has provided technical assistance in the area of public procurement to governments across the world. Empowering those on all sides of the issue, this volume dispenses advice valuable to government officials and contractors, as well as providing a comprehensive text for public administration students.

Author : Gerard Chick,Robert Handfield
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780749471200

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The Procurement Value Proposition by Gerard Chick,Robert Handfield Pdf

WINNER: ACA-Bruel 2015 - Grand Prix Businesses are going through rapid change due to an increased focus on sustainability and corporate responsibility, technological advances, geo-political and macro-economic change, and demographic shifts. If purchasing and supply chain managers are to embrace these challenges they must develop new ways of thinking about supply structures and processes as well as new skills and competencies. The Procurement Value Proposition examines these important changes that will have a profound effect on the way future procurement is carried out. It considers the implications of global economic transformation for procurement set against: changes in business contexts, purchasing strategies, organisational structure, roles and responsibilities, system development and skills required to work in the profession. This book discusses the value proposition offered by contemporary procurement to the sustainability and development of business. They examine how organizations that position procurement as a core business function will be able to drive a more competitive lever for change, and more readily adapt to the forces driving rapid change in the current global environment. The Procurement Value Proposition features case studies of companies that are moving through procurement transformation in a continual phase of movement and adaption to the multitude of shifts that are occurring. It features input, observations and case studies from CPO's, Commercial Directors and other Procurement and business leaders. The book considers a variety of geographical contexts and highlights differences between the US, the UK and China. Awarded the Grand Prix ACA-Bruel for its important contributions to the research and practice in procurement and supply chain management, it has been recognized for its ambitious vision of procurement.

Author : Vivek Kumar,Jane Ireri Muriuki,Charles Omondi Oliech,Simon Mwanza Kinyamasyo
Publisher : IPR Journals and Book Publishers
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789914728323

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Enhancing Efficiency in Supply Chain Management Process by Vivek Kumar,Jane Ireri Muriuki,Charles Omondi Oliech,Simon Mwanza Kinyamasyo Pdf

TOPICS IN THE BOOK Supply Chain Performance Influencer in Construction Domain: A Key Factor Analysis Effect of Electronic Procurement Technical Support Staff on Procurement Performance in Energy Sector State Corporations in Kenya Effect of Strategic Procurement Management on Performance of Level Five Hospitals in Kenya Factors Affecting Efficiency in Tendering Process in the Energy Sector in Kenya

Author : Per Andersson,Björn Axelsson,Christopher Rosenqvist
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781787549685

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Organizing Marketing and Sales by Per Andersson,Björn Axelsson,Christopher Rosenqvist Pdf

Organizing Marketing and Sales offers case studies to demonstrate in detail the kinds of challenges faced by multinational, multiproduct firms. It also draws upon theoretical perspectives in order to examine contemporary challenges in marketing and sales organization.

Author : Kathryn Haynes,Irena Grugulis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199696086

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Managing Services by Kathryn Haynes,Irena Grugulis Pdf

The book is a collection of perspectives on service and service management written by leading researchers in the field. It considers the range and importance of services, the challenges of managing services and recent contemporary innovations in services and service management.

Author : Brian Greenhalgh,Graham Squires,Abdul-Majeed Mahamadu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000508802

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Construction Procurement by Brian Greenhalgh,Graham Squires,Abdul-Majeed Mahamadu Pdf

This book is an easy-to-read introduction to the principles and methods of building procurement and is aimed at first year students or non-cognate graduates starting out on a career in construction, property, quantity surveying and construction management. The book starts with a brief introduction to the construction industry, including how the industry is organised into contractors, consultants and clients. After a discussion of the historical development of procurement methods, which show a steady shift of risk and responsibility towards the supply side (contractors), the various roles and responsibilities which must be carried out in any project are discussed in detail. The aim is to show the reader that procurement routes are effectively a permutation of these responsibilities between the various parties. The book then explains the various methods by which the contractor(s) are paid, either by pre-negotiated lump sums or by some form of cost reimbursement. Variants of these two systems are also discussed. Several chapters are given to the detailed discussion of the main procurement routes together with the appropriate standard forms of contract designed for that route. More modern developments such as Private Financing and PPP are discussed and a chapter covering emerging trends in procurement completes the book. Containing discussion points, chapter summaries and case studies, this book is ideal for use in a variety of degree programs and courses across the built environment and engineering.