Many organizations start the purchasing process with a Request for Proposal (RFP) to identify the best vendors for their needs. But if they aren’t designed properly, RFPs can backfire, leading to low response rates, poor bidder fit or proposals that…
This year we implemented eBid eXchange for a number of property management companies including NAI Merin Hunter Codman. As a result of the success of that project, we were invited to participate in the NAI National Conference next week in…
Identifying the right supplier management strategies for Facility Managers... and everyone else I was recently invited to speak at the International Facility Managers Association (IFMA) conference in New Orleans about Supplier Management Strategies. One aspect of the presentation that really…
Eight rules to ensure a more competitive bidding process In order for a competitive bidding process to be successful, organizations, whether private or public, need to ensure that the process is fair and equitable. If companies invited to bid do…
How two property management firms took different approaches to the same problem Most property management companies that I talk to generally have a decentralized organizational structure where individual property managers are onsite at the locations they operate. A question that…
