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12 March 2014

Remembering Karen van Vuuren, a pioneering Procurement Professional

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  The recent passing of Karen van Vuuren is being widely felt among the supply chain fraternity.  Karen will be remembered by many for the important, pioneering work she did in establishing the procurement fraternity as a profession. In addition to her tireless and distinguished contributions to the procurement fraternity, she held key leadership positions […]

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Smart Procurement World Western Cape a resounding Cape Town success!

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  With over 800 attendees and 100 SMME exhibitors, the inaugural Smart Procurement World Western Cape of 5 – 7 March 2014 was a highlight in the procurement fraternity calendar. An invigorating CPO panel discussion about how procurement is driving real worth to the bottom line, and value to the top line had the event

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Panic around the New BEE Codes will subside

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  The New Codes is arguably the most hotly anticipated piece of legislation released in 2013. Industry experts gave delegates at the Smart Procurement World Western Cape Conference some insights into what the New Codes mean for industry, the economy and your organisation. “Panic is an appropriate description of how the market is reacting. The

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Procurement must also influence the top-line

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  Procurement professionals must challenge themselves to influence the top-line and to collaborate with suppliers to bring innovation into your supply chains, says Mpume Maphumulo, Head of Group Procurement at Pioneer Foods. Maphumulo and other heads of supply chain were discussing the challenges and objectives they foresee over the next 12 months in the public

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In search of supply chain agility

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  Supply chain resilience and performance is affected by the escalating complexity of demand volatility, increased competition, shorter product lifecycles, raw material scarcity, globalisation, increased risk awareness and discerning customers. The solution lies in building agility: “the ability to move quickly and easily”¹, Tech-Pro Personnel tells SmartProcurement. Definitions of agility vary and a standard definition

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SA procurement fraud double global average – survey

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  A total of 59 per cent of South African respondents to the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Global Economic Crime Survey indicated that they had experienced procurement fraud, compared with the global figure of 29 per cent. PwC director Louis Strydom described as “mind-boggling” the loss South Africa suffered owing to economic crime. Of the 134 surveyed

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Pcard’s main purpose is to save you money…

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  While procurement card programmes have many noteworthy benefits, as outlined in previous SmartProcurement articles, ultimately their role is to save you money, says Anita Carolus, Nedbank Corporate Card National Sales Manager. A procurement card programme helps lower costs in the following ways: • Streamlining the P2P process. One of Carolus’s big university clients has

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SMEs in particular must be mindful of their bottom-line expenses

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  Managing costs is a critical area for SMEs, but it is often difficult for entrepreneurs to keep costs under control. In a nutshell, if you underestimate the expenses related to running your enterprise, there will be less profit at the end of the month than anticipated. There are a number of potential areas of

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Time management and planning critical to SME success

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  Time management and planning will always be a challenge for entrepreneurs – especially when their businesses start to grow and build market share. With responsibilities ranging from overseeing operations and maintaining client relationships to HR and new business development, most entrepreneurs are hard-pressed to attend to everything owing to time constraints. In order to

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No bite behind government’s spend-cutting bark

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  The budget’s steps to curb government spending fail to address re-course for non-compliance, said Democratic Alliance finance spokesman Tim Harris. “Cost containment measures were welcome, but there was nothing about what would happen if ministers did not meet those measures,” said Harris. He was responding to the four steps to contain government spending that

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