All too often BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) is dealt with in one of two extremes, that is to say all or nothing. On the ‘all’ side some procurement departments only consider suppliers who present a specific empowerment score, usually with substantial black ownership. This narrow based approach is clearly out of touch with B-BBEE and […]
New Broad Based Empowerment vs Cost Savings – walking a tightrope? Read More »
Through strategic sourcing many procurement organisations have improved their management of raw materials purchases. The next level of savings opportunities lie in the products and services that have not been tracked through the material master or buyer catalogue. Up to now, it has been almost impossible to deal with this aspect of procurement because it
Innovative new tool for analysing uncategorised spend Read More »
As Procurement expands its influence across the organisation, many large expense categories come under a new commercial spotlight. ‘Consulting Services’, a spend category often covering an amalgam of services from strategic business consulting to IT consulting and even contract labour, poses new opportunities and challenges…
Consulting and professional Services under the Procurement Spotlight Read More »
