Cost assurance: looking at a sample of invoices doesn’t work

Background: The traditional approach In any major programme delivered under cost reimbursable or target cost...

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Keep it simple – the dos and don’ts of saving £millions through cost effective commercial assurance

A foreign language I have two daughters, one who is 18 and the other 21. ...

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Zebra print trousers and the importance of an objective opinion

Trying on zebra print trousers I was once loitering outside the ladies changing rooms in...

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Top 5 reasons for nasty commercial surprises and how to avoid them

I like to ride my bike up mountains A few weeks ago I made a...

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Cost checking in major programmes: enhanced confidence or a waste of money?

Reducing the cost of checkers by two thirds I first entered into the world of...

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Timing is everything in rock and roll (and contract audit)

Part of my youth was misspent playing bass in a dodgy rock and roll band....

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Don’t leave it to the final account

I’m going to sort out my procrastination problem tomorrow. Mark Twain said, “Never put off...

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Commercial assurance – achieving bigger savings from prevention rather than cure

To quote Spike Milligan, “a sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree”....

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