By Bill Huber, Partner: Digital Platforms and Sourcing, Information Services Group One of the most common questions enterprises ask about software spend is whether they should benchmark the discounts they receive from software...
Read MoreHow do you take your information technology (IT) procurement beyond price negotiation and vendor management? In this month’s SmartProcurement, Ronald Flockhart, Group Head: Sourcing and Category Management at First...
Read MoreBy Tiran Gunarathna, Senior IT Category Lead, Infosys Business Process Management; andSriKrishna Koneru, AVP – Strategic Business Practice Head, Sourcing and Procurement, Infosys Business Process Management We often hear...
Read MoreThe fourth Industrial Revolution, characterised by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the Iines between the physical, digital and biological spheres, builds on the digital revolution (known as the Third Industrial...
Read MoreOrganisations seeking to become leaner and more efficient can’t manage what they don’t measure. “Over the 15 years that I have been benchmarking SA organisations I have seen very little evidence that...
Read MoreDramatic changes expected in the South African telephony market over the next few years mean buyers of telephony and IT services (fixed line and mobile) should avoid long-term agreements with their current service...
Read MoreWhile on a search around the web, Richard Downs, Director, Solutions Marketing – EMEA, Ariba, an SAP Company, came across a statistic which made him ponder how traditional business challenges will change in the...
Read MoreThe Procurement profession has a serious image problem. Most South African organisations, whether corporate or government, still do not see the profession as a strategically important function… "How many Procurement...
Read MoreDuring the Apartheid era, organisations often grew by purchasing or amalgamating with their competitors. As a result, in the 1990s, when organisations had access to the world stage, South Africa had and still has many industries...
Read More“The supply of Personal Computers (PCs) remains a competitive market, particularly as sales volumes in South Africa may hold up better in 2009 than in other parts of the world, such as Europe and America. One can therefore...
Read More"Organisations spend up to 90% of their Information Technology (IT) budgets on external providers, but sometimes fail to get true value for their spend. This scenario makes the procurement process a critical area in...
Read More"How does the procurement function get its hands on the company’s IT spend?" is a key question in many large organisations. It turns out that getting the mandate is only the start of the game. Getting a strong IT...
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