From left to right: SmartProcurement’s Debbie Tagg, Miss SA Ntandoyenkosi Kunene, Absa ED’s Thabo Makama Delegates, SMMEs and visitors were in for a surprise when the current Miss South Africa Ntandoyenkosi Kunene cut the ribbon and formally opened the ED Expo at the end of the conference’s first day.The second session of the second day […]
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Kraljic helped us pick the low hanging fruit, but the model is unlikely to drive the next wave of value, says Jonathan Hughes, Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain Management Practice Leader at Vantage Partners, in this month’s SmartProcurement. Strategic sourcing rests largely upon a set of concepts and principles laid out by Peter Kraljic
The low-hanging fruit has been picked. Now what? Read More »
The government’s procurement policy will be overhauled in a bid to support black and small businesses, said President Jacob Zuma. ”The buying power of the state is a powerful economic tool. It can and must be used to advance black economic empowerment, ” said Zuma, speaking at a Black Business Council dinner in September.
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Under increasing pressures to cut costs and achieve efficiencies in the current global macroeconomic situation, organisations look for destinations that are not only cost-effective, but can also provide quality services especially in terms of high-end processes. In this regard, South Africa has, to a large extent, been able to establish its offshoring mettle; a
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The developmental nature of ‘transformation’ becomes a complex process when we consider the overwhelming commitment within supply chains to receiving high-level quality, consistent delivery and cost effectiveness. Such a commitment leads organisations to carefully evaluate the risks versus the benefits when implementing their ESD strategies. However, only from the vantage of a holistic overview
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Since the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Commission, which investigates fronting and other abuses, was established in April 2016, some 96 complaints have been lodged. However, it is still too early to draw any conclusions from the complaints, said commissioner Zodwa Ntuli. “We will only be able to give judgment after we have investigated each
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This month SmartProcurement profiles Sanet Shepperson, from: Cell C Full name: Sanet Shepperson Position: Procurement Executive Cell C Your organisation’s procurement expenditure: A lot! Who does P & SM report to: Chief Property and Procurement Officer
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The city of Tshwane has opened its tender processes to the public in a bid to make them more transparent, said mayor Solly Msimanga in September. “Corruption in tenders happens behind closed doors when politicians sit and make multi-million rand decisions. Now I have opened the doors to the public, and I encourage the
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South Africa will in October open its first stock exchange devoted to assisting small-business operators. The exchanges will be set up in Gauteng’s Johannesburg and Pretoria, focusing on residential townships and serving mostly black South Africans, reported iol Business News in September. Residents will be able to trade shares in local businesses, providing an alternative
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The Smart Procurement World conference included many powerful and strategic women in supply chain and procurement who shared thought-leading information and knowledge. “Women in supply chain and procurement should possess ethics, integrity, respect and strive for the best in the boardroom”, said Lerato Sithole, Consulting Process Solutions, Deloitte BPaaS.
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