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Professional diploma in procurement and supply<br />

NEC • The New Engineering Contract<br />

The New Engineering Contract of which the<br />

Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC)<br />

forms a part, is a suite of standard form<br />

construction contracts created by the Institution<br />

of Civil Engineers.<br />

PERT • The Program (or Project) Evaluation and<br />

Review Technique<br />

The Program (or Project) Evaluation and Review<br />

Technique, is a statistical tool used in project<br />

management. It was designed to analyse and<br />

represent the tasks involved in completing a<br />

given project.<br />

STEEPLE • Social, Technological, Economic,<br />

Environmental, Political, Legal , Ethical<br />

(or International)<br />

An analytical tool extending PEST to also<br />

include, Environmental, Legal and European (or<br />

International) factors that can impact on<br />

Procurement and Supply.<br />

Strategy Clock<br />

Bowman’s Strategy Clock is a model used in<br />

marketing to analyse the competitive position of<br />

a company in comparison to the offerings of<br />

competitors<br />

The Vienna Convention<br />

The United Nations Convention on Contracts for<br />

the International Sale of Goods provides a<br />

uniform text of law for international sales of<br />

goods.<br />

TUPE • Transfer of Undertakings and<br />

Protection Employment<br />

Legislation that aims to ensure that an<br />

employee whose company is taken over has his<br />

existing conditions respected by his new<br />

employer. They also apply in some cases for<br />

work transferred to contractors. This includes<br />

hours of work, pay, and pension entitlement<br />

and so on.<br />

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