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Why now is the best time ever to launch an electronic RFP
by Liam | 25 August 2021 | e-Procurement, Featured, Legal / Contract, Recent, Technology, Tender Management | 0 Comments
By Jamie Martino, IT, Telecom and Technology Strategic Sourcing and Operations Executive We are living in unprecedented times. Our personal and business lives are disrupted and individuals and business owners are equally anxious. Work from Home has now become the new...
How print e-sourcing helps solve the tail spend Catch-22
by Liam | 25 August 2021 | e-Procurement, Marketing, Procurement Strategy, Recent | 0 Comments
By Sarah Scudder, President and Chief Revenue Officer, Real Sourcing Network Tail spend presents a classic Catch-22 for sourcing and supply chain professionals: bringing tail spend under professional management can produce direct cost savings, but it can also lead to...
Procurement automation: what is the burning “why?”
by Liam | 23 June 2021 | e-Procurement, Technology, Tools | 0 Comments
By Dustin Lanier, a Certified Public Procurement Officer (CPPO) and Principal Consultant at public procurement consulting firm Civic Initiatives. For any automation project in government to make it through the "hard middle" where enthusiasm wanes and the bug counts...
Post-COVID-19 cost savings in the mining and manufacturing industries
by Liam | 27 May 2020 | e-Procurement, MRO, Technology, Tools | 0 Comments
With cost pressures likely to mount up as we recover from COVID-19, mining and manufacturing companies must find alternative methods to reduce total cost of ownership relating to product procurement and product consumption. "A product information management (PIM)...
What is affecting procurement? Where is the profession going?
by Editor | 17 October 2017 | Commentary, Contract Management, e-Procurement, Procurement Strategy, Risk Management, Supplier Partnerships | 0 Comments
There's a lot going on. The changing and challenging times we currently face are probably greater than they've ever been. What is the implication for procurement? What do we need to keep abreast of and continually work on? Duncan Brock, Director of the Chartered...
Procurement is about to get smarter, faster and more efficient
by Editor | 13 July 2017 | e-Procurement, Supply Chain Management SCM, Technology, Tools | 0 Comments
A ‘cognitive procurement’ solution is set to redefine the source-to-settle process.The solution delivers intelligence from procurement data - together with predictive insights from unstructured information - to help make decisions in supplier...
What is procurement’s future in the 4th Industrial Revolution?
by Editor | 13 July 2017 | e-Procurement, Information technology, Spend Analysis, Supply Chain Management SCM, Technology, Tools | 0 Comments
The 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 Revolution) that has been occurring since...
P-Cards – give a little, get a lot
by Editor | 18 January 2017 | e-Procurement, Procurement Cards | 0 Comments
Are you snowed under with processing POs for pencils because you are wary of trusting your employees with a purchasing card? asks Sunet Trollip, Project Manager, Nedbank Corporate Card in this month’s SmartProcurement. The benefits of using a purchasing...
eProcurement is actually about people
by Editor | 2 November 2016 | e-Procurement, Preferential Procurement, Public Sector Procurement | 0 Comments
The Council of the European Union (EU) placed a renewed focus on public e-Procurement when it adopted directives for the reform of public procurement in February 2014.Globally, governments have been pursuing initiatives to affect good governance and the...
How will the National e-Procurement portal affect set-asides for small business?
by StaffWriter | 13 April 2016 | e-Procurement, Procurement Strategy, Professional Development, Tender Management | 0 Comments
While national treasury is pushing ahead with an e-procurement portal, questions are being raised about what has become of the 30% of procurement budgets set aside for small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) that President Jacob Zuma announced in the 2015 state of...
