What are the best ways for a Western company to monitor quality at a contract Chinese manufacturer? What groundwork should you lay before working with a Chinese supplier?
Tenders: six ways to differentiate yourself from competitors
Today we welcome Deirdre Diamante, Principal of MIA Consulting Services, to share her top tips for making your business stand out from the crowd when responding to tenders.
One of the keys to winning a tender is to go beyond simply demonstrating you can do the job. Many companies can do the job.
What’s going to make the tender or quote evaluators select you?
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Teaching an old ERP new tricks
Turning legacy systems into modern enterprise collaboration applications.
Many organisations feel unable to serve changing business needs like better collaboration, internet enabled anywhere access and mobility with their legacy ERP systems.
Integrated Compliance Solutions forms strategic alliance with MIA Consulting Services
To enhance our support of clients seeking to experience significant growth in their businesses, Integrated Compliance Solutions has formed a strategic alliance with MIA Consulting Services. With the launch of this alliance, ICS is delighted to be able to give our clients access to MIA Consulting Services’ insider knowledge about tendering, with a particular focus on helping clients developing specific strategies to consistently win more government business and large corporate tenders.
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Don’t give up: You CAN win government tenders
A mantra I find myself repeating frequently to clients is that any business of any size can win government work if they can demonstrate persistence, focus and patience.
Success in government can happen but it takes time. The key is to just keep going and not lose faith or focus.
To illustrate this I want to share the experience of one of our clients – a small to medium enterprise (SME) with up to 20 staff in the ICT (digital strategies) space.
Don’t Overlook Social Compliance Audits
Are social compliance audits really necessary? What are the risks of not considering social compliance?
In an earlier article, we responded to the commonly asked question, “what is a social compliance audit?” Steve Mogentale, head of Client Services at InTouch, offered insight into social compliance audits first in a video segment ofInterview with an Expert, then in an extended podcast interview. In this article that covers part two of the podcast, Steve tells us why manufacturers and importers should care about social compliance audits.