Perfect Partnerships?
Exploring good practice in supply chain
relationships
Louise Capel-Cure, Head of Partnership Development, Ingeus
representing The Employment Related Services Association (ERSA)
CESI Steps 2 Success Convention 2012
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Introductions and outline of
objectives
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What have been the problems in employment services
supply chains and how are we overcoming them?
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Common Expression of Interest (EOI) form
 The need and desirability for a single EOI
form
 Developed by ERSA’s Supply Chain Forum
by both primes and subcontractors
 To be uploaded onto the Merlin Portal to
ease the administrative burden for
potential subcontractors
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Supply chain checklist
 Checklist for organisations thinking of
becoming subcontractors in a welfare to
work supply chain
 Developed with input from both primes
and subcontractors
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Perfect Partners: strengthening relationships
within employment services supply chains
 Published by ERSA, ACEVO and
NCVO
 Case studies illustrate examples of
best practice
 Recommendations for primes,
subcontractors and commissioning
bodies
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Establishing supply chains
 Undertaking due diligence
 Clarity of expectations and financial
support
 Potential collaboration
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Managing supply chains
 Sharing information
 Managing performance
 When things aren’t going well
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The role of government
 The Merlin Standard
 Commissioning programmes
 Transparency
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Q&A
For more information see:
http://www.ersa.org.uk
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