Managing risk in outcome-based contracts
I am increasingly seeing outcome-based contracts become the norm for clients and service providers in areas such as facilities management, critical engineering and ITC.
Cisco IT Global Impact Survey 2013
Cisco has released the findings of its 2013 survey which was designed to understand the role of IT as a business enabler.
Contract mobilisation: the five golden rules
In my role as director and consultant with BSCM Operational Risk, clients and service providers talk to me about issues they have faced which might have been avoided if the contract mobilisation had been more robust. Based on their and my experience, I consider these to be the five golden rules to getting it right.
DCIM – hype or hero?
At Datacenter Dynamics last November the phrase on everyone’s lips was DCIM, or to give it its full title, Data Center Infrastructure Management.
Compliance dependency modelling
Statutory and regulatory compliance isn’t optional – there may be a clue in the name! So I do find it surprising how passive many of the compliance management systems often are, in many cases managed using just spreadsheets – and while spreadsheets can do some pretty clever things, they’re not really designed for dependency modelling.
Wall S-tweet Shuffle
Two recent news stories caught my eye – both about banking and, in different ways, about compliance. First was the hacking of Associated Press’s Twitter account and the resulting tweet about an attack on the White House which injured Barack Obama.
Announcing Release 5 of Riskenomics
Release 5 is really all about enhancing the performance and scalability of Riskenomics and ensuring we stay up-to-date with the latest browser technology and allowing greater intersystem connectivity between Riskenomics and other software applications to enhance your user experience.
Home workers – managing the risk
Bucking the growing trend over recent years towards allowing home working, Yahoo! has just told all remote workers to relocate to their nearest office – or leave the business.
Horse meat scandal and supply chain risk
Journalists must be having a field day as the horse meat scandal continues to evolve as new failings continue to be revealed as the problem becomes increasingly widespread. With increasingly complex and globalised supply chains, what can the brand owner do to protect their reputation?
Planned preventative maintenance re-attains five year-old KPI
BSRIA has recently released its latest M&E maintenance KPIs. This annual survey asks building owners and occupiers for their ratings of service providers against ten mechanical and electrical maintenance KPIs.