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Local government faces the biggest financial squeeze in its recent history, presenting Members and officers alike with tough and often unpopular decisions. While most local authorities already have plans in place for getting through the current financial year, many are struggling to find new sources of cashable savings beyond 2012/13.
SPS have published a new white paper, Having It All, which sets out a clear plan for how English local authorities can target the £50 billion per annum spent on procurement and commissioning in order to make a significant contribution to filling local budget deficits.
Following on from the white paper, our goal is to lead the transformation from the front by making available highly topical, on site skills and knowledge transfer programmes at superb value to local authorities. These can be run for upto groups of 16 people and can be run on a shared multi-authority basis. Costs and booking details are in the flyers in the table below.
Some of the most popular programmes are;
- Understanding Contract and Relationship Management in the public sector
- Understanding Category Management in the public sector
- Implementing Supplier Relationship Development in the public sector
- Driving up data standards - understanding the importance of classification and coding
- Turning third party expenditure analysis into cashable savings
- Make or Buy: how to make critical decisions in complex markets
Downloads
| Document | Overview | Date Added |
|---|---|---|
 Skills and Knowledge Transfer - Driving up Data Standards (551 KB) |
This half day programme will give an understanding of the issues involved in implementing procurement classification and coding systems in local authorities: the choises available and the management and organisational issues likely to be encountered from their use. |
Sep 08, 2011 |
| Skills and Knowledge Transfer - Supplier Relationship Development (454 KB) |
Developed by two of the four authors of the SOLACE backed new SRD paper this programme will give a braod overview of the basic principles of supplier relationship development and how they can be appl ied in the public sector. It forms part of the recently developed Keep Calm and Save Money suite of programmes |
Sep 07, 2011 |
| Skills and Knowledge Transfer - Make or Buy (556 KB) |
How to make critical decisions in complex markets - this is a two workshop programme for chief officers and elected members to assist them in challenging financial times. It forms part of the recently developed Keep Calm and Save Money suite of programmes |
Sep 07, 2011 |
| Skills and Knowledge Transfer - Contract Relationship Management (458 KB) |
This programme has been developed for local authorities to provide a broad overview of the basic principles of contract relationship management as they apply in the public sector. It forms part of the recently developed Keep Calm and Save Money suite of programmes |
Sep 07, 2011 |
| Skills and Knowledge Transfer - 3rd Party Expenditure Analysis (475 KB) |
This programme has been developed for local authorities to provide a broad understanding of expenditure analysis and use it to find new sources of cashable savings. It forms part of the recently developed Keep Calm and Save Money suite of programmes |
Sep 07, 2011 |
| Skills and Knowledge Transfer - Category Management in the public sector (410 KB) |
This programme has been developed for local authorities who wish to learn more about category management and how it is best applied in the public sector. It forms part of the recently developed Keep Calm and Save Money suite of programmes. |
Aug 31, 2011 |