3 July 2013

E-tolling: logistics industry needs less emotion, more transformation

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Although e-tolling will affect the logistics industry in a number of ways, the spotlight is almost inevitably on the increased operational costs this will produce. For logistics companies, however, the reality is that e-tolling could prove beneficial, says Cobus Rossouw, President of SAPICS. Less than 10% of urban traffic is for freight movement, and […]

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10 tips for driving e-invoicing adoption

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More organisations are turning to electronic invoicing (e-invoicing) to extend business process improvements to the accounts payable function. However, moving from paper invoicing to e-invoicing is not just a technological shift. It’s a crossing that involves change, in the way trading partners do business together and in the processes organisations use to manage invoices and

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Supplier development: Access is everything!

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In every growing economy around the world, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) are the engine of employment creation. It is through entrepreneurship that South Africa aims to create five million much needed posts by 2020. Procurement professionals need to be aware of mechanisms created by local financial institutions that can support the development

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Developing an enterprise often means working ON their business with them

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In his role as a business mentor at The Hope Factory, Sean Krige often promotes mentorship by saying that it helps business owners to work ON, rather than IN, their businesses. This statement is almost always unanimously met with a nodding of heads and grunts of approval by those in earshot, at least at

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Five steps to get ahead of the procurement fraud curve

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Corrupt staff members or officials keep companies under the water gasping for air with devastating effects. Companies drown under the weight of policies and procedures that are ignored and sometimes not fully understood to implement successfully. “Reduce the likelihood of irresponsible decisions,” says Rudi Kruger, General Manager of LexisNexis Risk Management. Kruger provides five quick

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Develop innovative SMEs to drive their sustainable competitive advantage

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“Innovation” has become synonymous with entrepreneurship, but in enterprise development (ED) initiatives it must be defined – and enabled – within the context of the individual participants on the ED programme as well as the procurement departments these businesses serve. If not, you run the risk of innovation becoming an onerous barrier to entry to

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Case study: Using BEE IT systems in the construction industry

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Many large companies require ongoing tracking and measurement of BEE compliance and, increasingly, executives are becoming accountable for driving transformation. However, as procurement professionals intimately understands: Accountability requires visibility in terms of the current and proposed state of BEE compliance. In order to improve the availability of real-time BEE compliance information, one of South Africa’s

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Procurement: Marketing does not always see you as the ‘bad guy’

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Procurement often sits in an uncomfortable space between the marketing department in an organisation and outsourced communication and creative agencies – both of whom who feel procurement doesn’t ‘get them’ or their work. However, this seems to be changing in a move towards a more collaborative approach that is often highly beneficial not only

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How will your organization maintain its BBBEE position under the new Codes?

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It has come as a shock to many companies that the DTi plans to have the new codes of good practise published any day now, under which organisations have a 12-month transitional period to align themselves and ensure compliance to these codes. Purchasing Index (PI) is concerned that many organisations are unaware of the impact

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Transport’s contribution to logistics costs reaches 9-year high

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The vulnerability of South Africa’s transport costs to a volatile cost driver – the price of crude oil – and South Africa’s entrenched dependence on road transport does not bode well for the economy, according to the 9th State of Logistics survey for South Africa 2012. The contribution of transport costs to overall logistics costs

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