Tensions between SAA’s Board and its top officials around transformation vs operational requirements has seen the resignation of the carrier’s Chief Financial Officer, Wolf Meyer. While details of his resignation are not clear, it is reported that his decision is linked to the SAA Board’s push to set aside 30% of a contract […]
Transparency is one of the most effective ways to increase price competitiveness among suppliers, resulting in lower purchase prices, if implemented correctly. Moritz Botha, Director: eTendering at National Treasury, discusses the use of technology to achieve these goals in this month’s SmartProcurement. Ensuring transparency in procurement is typically achieved through the publication of the
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It is not unknown that suppliers’ lead times from suppliers as well as internal procurement’s processing lead times are critical in determining the amount of inventory you need to keep: the shorter the lead time the less you need to keep, the longer the lead time the more you need to keep. Even more
Getting control of your SAP procurement lead-times (we all know they’re rubbish…) Read More »
In the three previous issues of SmartProcurement, Anita Carolus-Opperman, Nedbank Corporate Card National Sales Manager, introduced and highlighted the new trend in procurement – using online marketplaces and e-catalogues. Anita covered what an online marketplace is and how it will further streamline the procure-to-pay process, the critical components needed to ensure success from the
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Getting the fundamentals right is key to SRM success, says supply chain management expert David Atkinson. Most change programmes fail because of a lack of senior management agreement and a haphazard approach. That was the opening message from David Atkinson as he began his talk on Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) at IMPA London, during which
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Through developing and encouraging small businesses across the country, the Minister of Small Business Development Lindiwe Zulu urged SMMEs to develop and adopt a skill of risk taking and allow innovation as these could have positive outcomes for their businesses, said the Minister during the opening of Global Entrepreneurship Week in Johannesburg in November
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Eight senior SABC staff and insiders with close knowledge of developments in the broadcaster’s procurement division told City Press that the suspensions were in part linked to the procurement of a much-heralded Rugby World Cup studio for R42.3 million. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing they would lose their jobs or
PepsiCo’s decision to close down its marketing procurement department in order to become more “efficient and effective” will not become an industry trend, according to two thirds of professionals surveyed by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) in the US. Food and drink maker PepsiCO closed down its centralised marketing procurement department, which had
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Organisations continue to face considerable obstacles, linked to transparency, efficiency and other ills of government procurement systems around the world, a new World Bank Group report finds. Such obstacles negatively affect the ability of small and medium sized organisations to do business with governments, says the Benchmarking Public Procurement (BPP) 2016 Report, which assesses
South Africa’s seasonally adjusted PMI index declined to its most depressed level since August 2009. The November index decreased sharply to 43.1 from 48.1 in October. The PMI movement suggests weak economic growth in Q4. The average headline PMI for the first two months of Q4 is 4.4 index points below the third-quarter level.
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