We’re into September, which leaves you only four months to meet your savings targets for the year. Where can you deliver savings in the remnants of 2011? There are still cards in your hand, in this month’s SmartProcurement. “There are four levers to pull in relation to cost savings,” says Larry Beard of Tate & […]
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The difference between a level 3 and level 4 can have a massive impact on your company’s profitability. Wayne Oosthuizen, CEO of Engeli Enterprise Development highlights some interesting facts about the evaluation of tenders in terms of the PPPFA, in this month’s SmartProcurement. The new PPPFA must be applied in the adjudication of all tenders
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Enjoy reading CVs? If you do, you’re pretty unique. The problem with CVs, apart from the fact that everyone’s layout and approach is different, is that a CV tells you what the candidate wants you to hear. Ever seen a CV that said “I don’t have a clue how to determine the TCO of an
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“Two-thirds of global executives state their supply chains are being developed to service growth in emerging markets”. This is one of the outcomes of a recent survey of 225 supply chain and corporate executives from global companies with annual revenues exceeding US$3-billion. The survey, conducted by Ernst & Young and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
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For many organizations looking to cut costs, changes in technology offer an excellent prospect to reduce IT expenditure while delivering greater value to the business. One such change is Cloud Computing, which Gartner defines as “a style of computing where scalable and elastic IT capabilities are provided as a service to multiple customers using Internet
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Sustainable Procurement recently moved into the blogosphere following publication of the 5th edition of an HEC-Paris/EcoVadis report, ‘Sustainable Procurement: Back to Management!’ For a view on the survey’s findings of European procurement realities within 2011, SmartProcurement spoke to Abrie de Swardt, IMPERIAL Logistics Marketing Director. Risk management imperative The study, which featured participation by 80
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Seismic shifts in the global economy, while posing many challenges should rather be seen to offer fresh prospects to businesses in South Africa who need to look no further than our own continent for expansion, Deputy Minister of Transport Jeremy Cronin told delegates at the recent Transport Forum in Paarl. “According to a recent World
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The seasonally adjusted Kagiso PMI increased by 2.5 points to 46.7 index points during August, but remained below the key 50 point mark for the second month in a row, the Kagiso website reports. The business activity index, which plunged by more than 19 points in July, recovered by 10.7 points to 46.6 during August,
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In imagining the future of Procurement, one needs to think broad, deep, global industry expertise. Finely tuned business acumen. Sales, marketing, communications, performance management, and networking. This is the consensus reached in a report ‘VISION 2020: Ideas for Procurement in 2020 by Industry-Leading Procurement Executives’, the outcome of a dialogue between Ariba and leading procurement
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If you want to do business with any government department, then yes they do, say Shaun Scott, Director of Worldwide integrated Logistics. From a supply chain management point of view the Preferential Procurement regulations (the regulations) have a broad applicabality, covering municipalities to government departments and any business that wants to work with them. All
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