7 February 2007

Telephony – new era technology saves company R20m in phone costs.

Leave a Comment / Benchmarking, Procurement Strategy, Sourcing Strategy, Technology / bernievn

“The last few years’ benchmarks of the local business cell-phone market indicated high costs and a lack of substantial innovation. Now, however, technology is converging and the distinction between voice and data transmission are blurring. These new products promise substantial cost saving opportunities,” Alan Low, Managing Director of Purchasing Index, told Smart Procurement.

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Market Analysis: The South African Transport and Logistics Industry – An Industry in Turmoil

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Most industries in South Africa face globalisation and transformation challenges but the South African Transport and Logistics industry faces its own peculiarities that impact on the country as a whole. Shaun Scott and Henry Carelse, Directors of Worldwide Integrated Logistics (WIL) provided Smart Procurement with an up to date market analysis of this core driver

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Outsourced BEE compliance services pinpoint supplier development requirements for increased Procurement Score.

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“With the Codes of Good Practice on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (the Codes) approved and about to be gazetted, the BEE verification industry is moving towards much stricter regulation. Already there has been a substantial reduction in the number of businesses offering verification services now published in the Association of BEE Verification Agencies’ website (www.abva.co.za).”

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Procurement Job Descriptions

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We often get asked about Procurement Job Descriptions. As a result we opened up a post on the Procurementtips.com forum relating to various procurement jobs and their descriptions. At the moment we have information regarding: 1. Purchasing Managers (Fairly Comprehensive for a smaller organisation or local purchasing unit of larger purchasing organisation – Not suitable

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Telephony – new era technology saves company R20m in phone costs.

Market Analysis: The South African Transport and Logistics Industry – An Industry in Turmoil

Outsourced BEE compliance services pinpoint supplier development requirements for increased Procurement Score.

Procurement Job Descriptions

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