Priority Procurement issues for the new South African Government to address – if they aren’t addressing them already – must be how to organise public sector procurement so that it can deliver the budget balancing procurement savings they so urgently need, and to then measure whether Procurement is delivering the promised, more competitive prices on […]
Major scope to Leverage Volumes purchased in the SA Public Sector Read More »
SmartProcurement is very pleased to announce that two well known and internationally experienced individuals,Mr Ian Russell (FCIPS, MBA in Strategic Procurement) and Dr Douglas Boateng (MSc EngD FIoD FCILT FCMI FIBC FIOM) have been appointed to the Editorial Board of SmartProcurement.. These two distinguished individuals collectively represent a vast body of knowledge and experience in
Ian Russell and Dr Douglas Boateng joins SmartProcurement editorial board Read More »
Strategic sourcing has become best practice in procurement management and makes good business sense for meeting the State’s ongoing commitment to taxpayers, Estelle van Rooyen, Director of Compliance, Contract Management in Specialist Functions for National Treasury, told SmartProcurement. Strategic sourcing initiatives have been persued in the private sector for many years, and recently the public
Strategic sourcing offers the public sector a guiding hand Read More »
This month SmartProcurement profiles Nathanael Siljeur from Rio Tinto Africa Full name: Nathanael Siljeur. Position: Leader Service Delivery Management: Africa Continent.Your organisations’ procurement expenditure: ± R6,5-billion (Africa).Who does P & SM report to: MD of Rio Tinto Procurement (Global).
Leadership Profile: Nathanael Siljeur of Rio Tinto Read More »
A new generation of expenditure analysis tools offers a route that procurement departments can follow to help their organisations avoid laying-off staff , Alan Low, Managing Director of Purchasing Index, tells SmartProcurement. The need to save money is universal in the current recession. In these times of austerity, encouraging management and staff of an organisation
New Expenditure Analysis tools empower procurement, increase savings Read More »
Discussion presented at the Environmental Trade Show and Conference. Cradle-to-cradle thinking, which suggests that everything created by humankind can contribute positively to the environment and the economy, may be one of the next movements to influence the future of supply chain management (SCM). SCM professionals are in a position to lead a drive towards complete
Green Procurement: Material flows and logistics in ‘cradle-to-cradle’ approach essential Read More »
An Absa project, The Absa Purchasing Hub, has been acclaimed at the recent Institute of Purchasing and Supply South Africa (IPSA) awards dinner in the category of ‘Best Process improvement’. ‘BEST PROCESS IMPROVEMENT’ Absa Purchasing Hub project owner Peter Alkema (right), and project superviser Junaid Nomani (left) at the awards evening “We are thrilled to
ABSA scoops IPSA Award – ‘Best Process Improvement’ Read More »
The recent gazetting of the Toursim, Construction and Forestry Codes in terms of section 9(1) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act, 53 of 2003, has already lead to some concerns as to the application of these codes and their status vis a vis the generic Codes of Good Practice on Broad-Based Black Economic
BBBEE: Generic Codes vs Sector Codes of good practice Read More »
Second peer review: The law of Government Procurement in South Africa Isac Smith, Director Supply Chain Management, Department of Health, Provincial Government Western Cape, and speaker at the upcoming Supply Chain Management Summit, offers his comments in the second of his review series of Prof. Phoebe Bolton’s legal work, ‘The Law of Government Procurement in
The value for money approach to public sector procurement Read More »
Global provider of e-Procurement and Supply Management Solutions, Quadrem, has announced that it received the top award for the Best Public Sector Procurement Project at the Institute of Purchasing and Supply South Africa and Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply’s Annual Pan Africa Conference in Johannesburg. IPSA WIN Karen Van Vuuren, IPSA Chair of Board
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