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Consultancy Knowledge Centre

The London Centre of Excellence Consultancy Knowledge Centre is a secure database that is accessed via the web. Each participating organisation uploads and maintains information and data on the database about consultancy services they have commissioned. Users can then search this information.

To find out more about the benefits of the Consultancy Knowledge Centre click here and read on.

If you would like to access information that can help you achieve better value-for-money, from the purchase and use of professional services, please register your organisation on the Consultancy Knowledge Centre by using the link below.

» Consultancy Knowledge Centre

Registration to the Consultancy Knowledge Centre starts your commitment to upload your information about the buying and use of consultancy services, and to then search and extract valuable insights from information that other organisations upload.

 

Knowledge Centre Benefits and Value

The database includes information and documentation, where available, on the Scope, Approach and Final Recommendations of assignments.Users of the database categorise information, using PROClass, to enable users to search it; this makes it more meaningful.The information includes overall costs, project durations and the consultants that purchasers used.Users can also contact the information owner to ask them for further details.

The Knowledge Centre enables users to find information on previously commissioned assignments that can help them to approach a particular issue more effectively and prevent duplication. Collective management information and market intelligence provided by the Knowledge Centre, if used effectively, is invaluable.It will support organisations to improve the way they commission professional services and to achieve better value for money, efficiency gains and cashable savings.

The Knowledge Centre is an effective tool that when used with the brokerage approach can help organisations gain control over their spend on consultants and achieve better results. The benefits of its use increase with the more information uploaded and the more individuals and organisations that use it.

Benefits are achieved through providing

  • a searchable central repository for recording and categorising information on the commissioning of consultants;
  • easily accessible summary information on assignments with the facility for users to request additional information, where available;
  • key documentation such as business cases and final reports that can be shared to help achieve more effective approaches and prevent duplication;
  • information on procurement path and time, overall cost and duration of assignments;
  • collective market intelligence and management information whose value and quality increase with the number of assignments recorded;
  • a process that helps to embed best practice;
  • a directory of consultants completing for work; and
  • a platform to share information and knowledge that will help achieve better results.

 Also provided is information that supports

  • demand management and challenge of proposed consultancy assignments;
  • future planning and the identification of collaborative opportunities;
  • the identification of areas for building capacity and work force planning; and
  • the review of commissioning and assignment performance management practice to identify areas of skills deficit that may need addressing.