Articles by Emeryst Ltd
Outsourcing, Contract Management

Contract? What Contract? A Case Study

I have previously written regarding contracts that we need to be very circumspect about what we put into a contract,…
Advertising, Supply Chain, Procurement oversight

Transparency in Procurement

In his Marketing Week article “Agency Kickbacks…” dated 23 May, Prof Mark Ritson speaks about the practice by media…
Supply Chain, Contract Negotiation

Marriage isn’t just about the Wedding day

I have worked in a number of organizations where my skills of delivering turnkey Greenfield Procurement Operations was…
Business Management

Procurement Toolkit: Due Diligence Process (in-depth)

A Procurement Project whether for Transactional, Category, Strategic or Transformational has many stages. For each of…
Sales, Supply Chain, Manufacturing

Oh, the Things I have done... Confessions of a...

I want to share with you today a time where I was called on to go against my authentic self. You know that time when…
Human resources, Procurement oversight

Vive la Revolution a.k.a. Be the Change

Today I learned a new concept: Activation Energy. It is a Chemistry term and the dictionary defines it as ‘the minimum…
Law, Security, Datacentre, Protection

Wherever I lay my hat

Yes, those are the lyrics of a song, but quite useful for my tale of being a Global Citizen. I have lived and worked in…
Business Management

Sid's Soapbox Stand

I was sitting in a waiting room today and they had the news station on. One of the scrolling bars read that Muirfield…
Sales management, Sales effectiveness

The Customer is KING

I am a firm believer that you cannot know how to satisfy the other side if you do not understand their world, why they…
Saving money, Supplier Negotiation

Winners of the Cheaper Oil Price

In the FT article dated January 15, 2016, Adam Palin asks “Is cheap oil bad news for investors?” He goes on to list the…
Negotiation, Supply Chain, Capex procurement

Case Study: Getting under your customer's sk

I was CoE (Centre of Excellence) for CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) Procurement. Before I arrived at the organization the…
Management, Bid support, Process analysis

The Art of Saying "No"

We have all managed Procurement projects where a RFQ/RFB went to a number of suppliers and then we had to decide to…