Trust, reputation and a unique value proposition. These are often touted as the hallmarks of brand equity. In this article, executive coach, leadership & talent strategist, and founder / managing director of People Shop in Cape Town, Chantal Kading, seeks to elucidate some of the strategies professionals use to build their equity. As a strategy …
Senior Group Category Manager at Endeavour Mining in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Balla Niambele, MBA, examines how mining can underpin the development of sustainable industries in West Africa, placing emphasis on the significance of local content and procurement, and the challenges and opportunities that come with these. West Africa’s economic growth and development have long been …
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Africa’s pharmaceutical sector is in the midst of a significant transformation, writes Head of Supply Chain at Kimberly-Clark in Nigeria, Adenike Onasoga. With over 70% of medicines consumed on the continent being imported, this sits at $14 billion. It’s evident that this poses a huge threat to the continent, given the various global disruptions in …
In Part 2 of her article on fragmentation of African supply chains, Adenike Onasoga, Head of Supply Chain at Kimberly-Clark, Nigeria, says regional integration in Africa has come a long way through social advancement, political stability and economic expansion throughout the continent. However, more needs to be done to actualise the set goals, which she …
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Jan-Henner Theissen, founder and managing director of procurement advisory firm, targetP! in Berlin, warns that the drought in the Panama Canal showed no signs of improvement at the time of publication at the end of August. Due to the drought, transit capacity has been adjusted which means further delays and costs should be expected. His …
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Procurement Tactics, a leading innovator in the procurement industry, has announced the launch of its groundbreaking Price Tracker tool, empowering procurement professionals to track prices of any web page with ease and precision. It allows you to enter any URL from the web, and the price tracker will scrape that page every 24 hours to …
Procurement Price Tracker that can Monitor 4.3 Billion Prices Read More »
Supply Chain risk management (SCRM) professionals are warned to expect prolonged negative consequences of the severe drought impacting the Panama Canal, including weight restrictions and higher rates being applied, with further increases in the cost of shipping cargo on the cards. Here Berlin-based Jan-Henner Theissen, founder and managing director of procurement advisory firm, targetP!, provides …
Efficient and interconnected supply chains play a vital role in driving economic growth and development, whereas the fragmentation of African supply chains impedes trade policies, costs, and potential, writes Adenike Onasoga, Head of Supply Chain at Kimberly-Clark, Nigeria. In this article, she writes about the pressing need on the continent to address the issues arising …
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SmartProcurement asked Chat GPT (a Large Language Model (LLM) Artificial Intelligence that’s currently taking the world by storm) to tell us more about itself and what it can do for procurement professionals. The article that follows was written by Chat GPT in response to this question. Hey there! I’m Chat GPT, an advanced AI …
How Chat GPT Transforms Procurement … in its own words! Read More »
CEO of Commerce Edge International Business and SmartProcurement Editor, Bernie van Niekerk, unpacks the huge potential of Artificial Intelligence in our industry, for the purpose of releasing you, the procurement professional, to get on with the interesting stuff. The uses of AI are exploding, and have the potential for limitless developments. In this enormously helpful …
