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5 May 2010

Partnership ushers international procurement knowledge into SA

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South Africa’s logistics and procurement capabilities have been bolstered through a partnership between one of the largest global procurement optimisation consultancies and local Rethink Management Consulting, which provides a set of integrated services aimed at solving operational problems, improving process control and cost reduction, Richard Aldous, Head of Sales and Marketing at Rethink, tells SmartProcurement. […]

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Eskom – Buying local may mean higher tariffs

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Eskom’s huge procurement programme has great potential to stimulate local industry, however, the state-owned utility has warned that this comes at a price – higher electricity tariffs. The cost of procuring locally for the utility’s power station building programme has been increased by among other things the high cost of local inputs such as steel,

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Who should own procurement of the print commodity?

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Is there value in Print Management Centres? Corporations expend considerable time and effort managing and maximising investment in areas such as Information Technology, Human Resources (HR), Facilities and other direct expenditure areas. However, they typically overlook a huge but hidden commodity – Print, Christian Bell, Sales and Marketing Manager at local Print Management company POINT,

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Customer-focused SCM would boost municipal performance

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Service delivery for the customer of the Republic of South Africa – the citizen – takes place through local government. Recent service delivery protests have strongly indicated that there is much scope for improvement in terms of how government is able to meet the basic needs of citizens through its local authorities. In his master’s

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Print management: managed delivery just as important

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When considering print management as a solution, organisations tend to focus on the Procurement aspect of the solution: the system itself and the savings it can bring. Consequently, a Print Management supplier is often assessed on the quality, functionality, user-interface and reporting capability of the system that it is using. However, while Procurement is an

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SA expert changing the face of African Supply Chain Management

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SmartProcurement editorial board member Dr. Douglas Boateng has been elected president of the first supply chain management (SCM) centre of excellence in West Africa, of which he also a founder. The West African Institute for Supply Chain Leadership (WAISCL) is the first of its kind to be opened in West Africa and Boateng hopes that

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Removing complexity from government Tenders

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Print media are awash with articles about the many factors that can and do go wrong with the tenders process, or the pending changes to the process itself. The amendments proposed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA), a pillar of public sector procurement in South

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CIPS awards – rewarding the development of a strategic imperative

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Procurement and Supply Chain Management are the strategic imperatives that will empower South Africa’s economy to remain and become more globally competitive going forward. In his opening address at the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) Procurement Awards dinner, Alec Erwin discussed the country’s need for greater skills development to bolster local organisational growth

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