By Rod Robinson, Founder and CEO, ConnXus When I graduated from Wharton in 1995 and decided to pursue a career in management consulting at AT Kearney, I had grand visions of being assigned to an engagement helping one of our multinational clients grow revenue through a high-profile M&A transaction or other topline growth strategy. Instead, […]
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What key steps can you take to limit the potential effects of the coronavirus on your organisation? On 9 February, the world received news from China that it didn’t want to hear. The number of confirmed deaths from the coronavirus had overtaken that of the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), with more than 1
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By Stephen Bauld One might wonder why, as a consultant for over a decade, I would write about overpriced consultants. Being in this industry, I often hear stories about the high costs incurred when securing consulting services; these stories are widespread and frequent. Indeed, it is surprising how many consultants are so sensitive to this
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By Angela Wilson, Senior Solutions Architect, CSS While large companies with procurement departments often have the personnel and resources to negotiate significant savings and better terms, small and medium businesses (SMBs) typically do not. The good news is that the digital era has created new opportunities for SMBs to improve their procurement practices and outcomes,
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By Malcolm Harrison Organisations should use the coming year as a chance to diversify – by engaging with digitisation, data and the environment. A new year, let alone a new decade, always provokes thoughts of what lies ahead. It is a good reminder to be looking ahead at trends, technology, legislation or geopolitical shifts that
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The seasonally-adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) started 2020 on the back foot and declined further in January. The PMI lost 1.9 points to reach 45.2 index points, the lowest level since September 2019. The performance of the five major sub-components was mixed, with two indices recovering somewhat from multi-year lows reached in the previous
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By Sue Barrett, Founder, Barrett Consulting Group Procurement, whether they are aware of it or not, is the epicentre of innovation and leadership of complex systems management within organisations and across supply chains. Or at least they should be… Procurement’s exposure to all elements of a supply chain can and should inform them and, in
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