Procurement is under immense pressure to transform and reinvent itself. The role of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) and their teams in the future will look very different to how it looks today. Matthias Gutzmann, Founder of Digital Procurement World, chatted to some procurement leaders and the conversations that ensued suggest that CPOs are at […]
Developing sustainable procurement policies is an important and worthy goal for any organisation or business. It is not just about buying the eco-friendliest products out there – sustainable procurement means taking the social and economic influences of purchased goods and services into account, along with their environmental footprint. Through sustainable procurement, your organisation can build
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By Ingrid du Buisson South Africa currently ranks 61st out of 137 countries within the 2017/2018 Global Competitive Index (World Economic Forum, 2017). One of the Index’s main critiques against the country is its inadequately educated workforce, which re-affirms the critical role of education and skills development. It is imperative that the country ensures efficient
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By Abby Vige How do you build and nurture high-performing teams?Recently, I realised that my management brand is being built whilst I’m busy planning how I want to be a better manager. In other words, it’s the small daily interactions of how I show up in the world that count, not the long-term plans yet
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Brexit has delivered some issues, no doubt about that. It has also presented a massive opportunity to put right a lot of what is wrong with public procurement. “This is, indeed, a chance to establish the foundations of public procurement policy and to enable contracting authorities to drive real value for money, cost effectiveness, continuous
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Becoming aware of blockchain’s weak spots is an important first step towards taking full advantage of what the technology really has to offer By Bertrand Maltaverne
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Changes made to South Africa’s government procurement policy are aimed at relying more heavily on public procurement as a tool for increasing the pace of economic transformation and urgently addressing socio-economic imbalances owing to South Africa’s pre-democratic past. This was largely performed through the implementation of the Preferential Procurement Regulations of 2017, which introduced a
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From a broader point of view, development in information communication technology (ICT) has radically changed the manner in which people conduct business. Speed of communication and information exchange mean that you can offer real-time answers to customer enquiries, process transactions and convert potential leads into paying clients. “The procurement process is no exception to these
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The seasonally-adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 46.2 index points in June 2019, up from 45.4 in May 2019. “The average level for Quarter 2 of 2019 was 46.3 points, below the level recorded in Quarter 1 of 2019”, said the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) in a statement. In contrast, available official
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