Effective engagement and communications are at the heart of a successful, value-based procurement process. This means listening to the needs of clients and communities, and communicating how decisions about procurement have a direct impact on our safety, quality of life, health and wellbeing, environmental sustainability and social value.
Builders and timber merchants, online product specification services, ETIM, ERP and e-invoicing systems also play a crucial part in achieving a more productive industry and higher-quality built environment. All deserve to be better known, better loved and better understood.
LMC has a good understanding of procurement and merchanting issues in construction. Recent initiatives include: