It has been said that in organisation within a world-class procurement framework it is difficult to find a clear-cut distinction between the organisational drive for continuous improvement viz-a-viz value release from actively managing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). “In fact, these objectives represent the two sides of the same coin and trying to determine which […]
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In a recent issue of Supply Management , Pat Law writes that “contractors tend to do well in a downturn, as organizations switch to more flexible forms of employment”. While this is written in the context of the UK and EU, it applies just as much to our own environment and the special circumstances in
Interim Contracts are Ideal for Both the Employer and the Procurement Specialist Read More »
“Governments, policy makers, even the World Bank, all agree that small businesses are the growth engine in any economy. Looking at other countries as an example, 95% of organisations in Australia are from the Small Micro Medium Enterprises sector (SMME), whilst Germany’s economic growth was also led by SMMEs. The same applies to South Africa
SMME Development as a driver of BEE Procurement opportunities and the economy as a whole Read More »
This month SmartProcurement profiles Anthony Chatikobo of Wings Corporate Travel. Full name: Anthony Chatikobo Position: Head of Procurement – Global Your organisations’ procurement spend: R 750 Million Who does P & SM report to: Chief Financial Officer Private Sector OR Public Sector: Private Sector Core business activity of the organisation: Travel Management Number of people
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It seems as though climate change and recent economic upheavals may have more in common than one might expect. It isn’t so much that the weather is getting notably worse, but that short-term changes seem to be becoming more extreme. Recent fatal storms in KwaZulu-Natal this holiday season and flash floods in the Cape last
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Quadrem has signed a global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) agreement with SAP AG. The organisations will work together to help customers reduce the cost and complexity of implementing and operating integrated electronic sourcing, procurement, invoicing, and contract management processes. In addition, Quadrem’s BPO services have qualified as ‘powered by SAP’.
Quadrem delivers African market new services powered by SAP® Software Read More »
In this, our third and final article in our series on Supplier Opinion Surveys, we present examples of the deliverables of supplier opinion surveys, discuss the objectives of these surveys, as well as supplier satisfaction dimensions within the context of supplier relationship management. Introduction “Organizations are increasingly realizing the impact that suppliers have on their
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Lindiwe Nakedi, the co-owner of and a Career Consultant at The People Shop, recently told SmartProcurement that many people often believe that recruitment is a commodity which hinges predominantly on price: “Recruitment organisations, or at least the good ones, differentiate themselves on quality and value added services which they provide and thus argue that there
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In the first instance, the commodity group ‘professional services’ nowadays encompasses an extremely broad range of technical and specialised services ranging from consultants (e.g. accounting and tax) to architectural, business communications, legal, medical, and so on. Secondly, because of the ever increasing complexity of the global economy and the processes of government, the need for
Part 7 of a ten-part series that examines key operational aspects of the so-called “Purchase to Pay” value chain by Independent Contributor, Peter Alkema – Head: Purchase to Pay at ABSA Paper, paper, paper – still remains one of the most pervasive raw materials of the modern day office, which has still not been eradicated
World Class Operational Procurement: Three-way matching vs. two-way matching Read More »
