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Creating Sustainable Industries in West Africa via Local Content & Procurement

Leave a Comment / Category Management, Featured, Information technology, Leadership and People, Procurement Strategy, Sourcing Strategy, Supplier Management, Supply Chain Management SCM, Sustainable Procurement / By Bernie van Niekerk

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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Addressing Fragmentation: The Way Forward for Africa

Leave a Comment / Category Management, Don't miss, Enterprise Development, Information technology, Logistics, Supplier Management, Supplier Partnerships, Supply Chain Management SCM / By Bernie van Niekerk

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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Procurement Price Tracker that can Monitor 4.3 Billion Prices

Leave a Comment / Category Management, Information technology, Leadership and People, Professional Development, Sourcing Strategy, Strategic Sourcing / By Monique

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 …

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SCM Managers warned of prolonged Panama drought

Leave a Comment / Category Management, Don't miss, Information technology, Legal / Contract, Risk Management, Supplier Management, Supply Chain Management SCM / By Bernie van Niekerk

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 …

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The Impact of Fragmentation on African Supply Chains

Leave a Comment / Category Management, Enterprise Development, Information technology, Logistics, Supplier Management, Supplier Partnerships, Supply Chain Management SCM / By Bernie van Niekerk

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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How Chat GPT Transforms Procurement … in its own words!

Leave a Comment / AI, Big Data, Category Management, Don't miss, Information technology, Leadership and People, Procurement Leaders, SRM Supplier Relationship Management, Supplier Management, Technology / By Bernie van Niekerk

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 …

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What can AI do for YOU in procurement?

Leave a Comment / Category Management, Don't miss, Information technology, Leadership and People, Professional Development / By Bernie van Niekerk

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 …

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How CHAT GPT can improve Sourcing and Supplier Management

Leave a Comment / AI, Big Data, Category Management, Global Sourcing, Information technology, Sourcing Strategy, Supplier Management, Supply Chain Management SCM, Technology / By Bernie van Niekerk

In our first article, CHAT GPT made some bold claims regarding its ability to support and enhance procurement processes. In this short video, Bernie van Niekerk, Editor of SmartProcurement, delves deeper into Chat GPT capabilities and through a conversation with this AI, illustrates its amazing abilities to support procurement processes and professionals. https://commerce-edge.com/tools-tips/practical-examples-of-utilizing-chatgpt-in-the-procurement-process/

Best Practices to Get the Best Deal, Every Time

Leave a Comment / Big Data, Category Management, Don't miss, Information technology, Technology / By Bernie van Niekerk

Procurement is changing, advises Dooka South Africa. With the rise of technology and the increasing need for transparency in business, procurement must also adapt. In this blog post, the company explores four best practices that will help you optimise your procurement process and get the best deal, every time. Procurement is changing and you need …

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Lessons from Africa on e-procurement reform

Leave a Comment / Category Management, e-Procurement, Information technology, Public Sector Procurement, Sourcing Strategy, Technology / By Bernie van Niekerk

In this issue, SmartProcurementNews is pleased to share a recent report on the use of electronic government procurement (e-GP) systems in Africa – Fulfilling the Promise of eProcurement reform – Lessons from 5 African Countries – the lead authors of which are Edwin Muhumuza and Lindsey Marchessault from Uganda-based Open Contracting Partnership. Public procurement — …

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