"We struggle to get large corporates to assist the many small businesses we mentor on the long and hard road to success," Bella Cebekhula of Shanduka Black Umbrellas told SmartProcurement. “Procurement in South Africa is built around big companies and has very little to do with small business. We feel that government policy is not […]
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One of procurement’s generic objectives is to achieve the best fit through the procurement of materials of the right quality, in the right quantity, at the right time, at the right price, from the right source. Consequently project managers and procurement professionals are on the forefront to achieve project objectives, Ronald Mlalazi (MCIPS), Eduction Manager
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The expenditure associated with document output devices is usually hidden and the dispersed nature of the various responsibilities and their expense allocations makes it difficult to calculate overall costs. “However, once the costs are determined the commodity certainly sits above the radar,” Billy Bell of WD Bell Consulting tells SmartProcurement.
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Quadrem, the global services provider to the Mining Industry, celebrated a significant corporate achievement when it surpassed $100-billion in cumulative spend (“Throughput”). Catherine Hills, Director Buyer Services at Quadrem Africa, together with Graham Yates, who recently joined the management group in Sunninghill, Gauteng as New Business Development Director. Read more
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Easily calculate your annual BBBEE expenditure from your ERP or accounting system. Procurement information solutions provider Ezee-Dex has released an expenditure analysis feature that makes it possible for organisations to generate broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) expenditure reports in only a few minutes, MD Cathrin Heath tells SmartProcurement.
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The seasonally adjusted Kagiso PMI posted solid gains in January, gaining 2.9 index points to reach 54.6 – the highest level since April 2010. The improved reading provides further evidence that the PMI decline to below 50 in September / October 2010 was largely the outcome of temporary (strike related) factors, reports the Kagiso website.
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Along with resources and labour, knowledge is a necessary factor in the production of goods and services. However, unlike other production factors knowledge promotes greater performance when it is shared. Zak von Gordon, CPO of the Aveng Group spoke to SmartProcurement about Communities of Practice (COP), a type of knowledge sharing based on social networking
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Reuters – South Africa faces rising risks to its inflation outlook due to commodity prices, and inflation may move to the upper end of the 3 to 6 percent target range sooner than expected, Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus said. In a speech posted on the Bank’s website, Marcus said rising global and domestic prices
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Research suggests that the labour broking industry plays a significant role in introducing jobless people into the formal world of decent work, says Loane Sharp, labour economist at Adcorp Holdings. Between one-third and one-half of labour broker workers (depending on the particular sector) are first-time job-seekers, suggesting that the labour broking industry provides an essential
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Rapidly growing BRIC emerging economies are subject to external shocks as they lack adequate risk management and must synchronise fiscal and monetary policies, a survey of finance ministry officials showed. The survey, released in January by consultancy Booz & Company, said the role of finance ministries has expanded far beyond its traditional fiscal mandate and
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