Using B2B to address tail-spend problems
In last month’s issue, Toby Sparrow, CEO of Dooka, introduced the idea that much value could be...
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Category: Low Cost Sourcing
Unlocking value through IT sourcing
Absa’s Head of Procurement – Digital Solutions, Innovation & Technology, Craig Vaughan,...
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Discovering New Value in Online Tail-Spend
African nations are at an extraordinary place on the world stage right now. If the current...
Read MoreWhat makes SA such a popular outsourced destination?
Under increasing pressures to cut costs and achieve efficiencies in the current global macroeconomic situation, organisations look for destinations that are not only cost-effective, but can also provide quality services...
Read More6 Brexit implications for procurement
The U.K.’s decision to leave the E.U. roiled markets, pummeling the pound and sending commodities linked to economic growth into a slump. As the dust clears and organisations begin to consider the long, uncertain...
Read MoreA change is afoot in low-cost sourcing dynamics
Emerging markets are no longer type-cast as low-cost sourcing SCM World’s chief content officer, Kevin O’Marah, recently released his ‘Top 10 Supply Chain Facts of 2014’.Noteworthy was...
Read MoreIn 5 Days 2000 Procurement Professionals will meet to network, learn and do business!
With only a few days to go, 3000 attendees have confirmed – Smart Procurement World, Africa’s largest supply chain indaba, kicks off on Tuesday, 9 September.More than 110 speakers will share their procurement...
Read MoreDeclining SMME index indicates narrowing entrepreneurial supply base
The Absa SMME index declined during Q1 2014, with a total quarterly decrease of 2.2% and a yearly decrease of 3.8%. The index declined to a two-year low in Q4 2013 (from 95.6 to 93.4).Although South Africa has not yet...
Read MoreAn outsourcing decision? Turn to economic theory
Transaction cost economics provides further insight into the total cost of a commodity and offers a guiding hand to any organisation struggling with a decision to outsource, Isak Marais, MD of Total Safety Solution provider...
Read MoreWarehousing in China – implementing a strategy
This month SmartProcurement publishes the third article in a series considering China’s warehousing options, as presented in a report by C.H. Robinson Worldwide Considering China’s Warehousing Options. This month...
Read MoreWarehousing in China? Challenges to consider
This month SmartProcurement publishes the second article in a series considering China’s warehousing options, as presented in a report by C.H. Robinson Worldwide. This month considers the challenges of warehousing in the world’s...
Read MoreWhy warehouse in China? Exploring the benefits
China’s business relationship with Africa and South Africa is strengthening with every passing day. But while South African business enjoys the prospects of investment from the east, it may have overlooked some reciprocal...
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