2 September 2008

Mining Division Launches its Full E-Procurement Functionality with African Suppliers

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Dallas & Johannesburg – Anglo Base Metals launched its full e-Procurement functionality at a formal event on 1 August 2008, in partnership with Quadrem Africa, a subsidiary of Quadrem International Ltd, a supply chain solutions company with one of the world’s largest electronically connected supplier networks for private and public sectors. This will see […]

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Rigorous Process Focus Required for Effective Strategic Sourcing

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Many procurement organisations have embarked on Strategic Sourcing in recent years, with mixed successes. “A lack of focus on the integration of the overall value chain has allowed sceptics to minimise the value of new generation procurement approaches. Cobus Rossouw, Managing Director of Volition Consulting Services, told SmartProcurement.”The way forward requires appropriate focus… …on the

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Leadership Profile: Brian Fredericks of Transnet Freight Rail

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This month SmartProcurement profiles Brian Fredericks of Transnet Freight Rail. Full name: Brian Fredericks Position: Chief Procurement Officer Your organisations’ procurement spend: ±R7,5 billion p.a. Who does P & SM report to: Chief Financial Officer Private sector OR Public sector: Public Sector Core business activity of the enterprise: Rail Freight Logistics Number of people in

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Optimising the Procurement of External Print Services

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Based on the Aberdeen Research Group Report , which was highlighted in SmartProcurement’s August 2008 feature article, Outsourcing Management of Print Can Lead to 30% Cost Savings, it is clear that the main processes by which print is procured, are: Manually sourced / procured by local procurement person / department. Manually sourced / procured by

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Courier Services Benchmarking Shows Up Rate Discrepancies

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“Courier Services is a surprisingly complex spend category to manage as the devil (and delivery of savings!) is in the detail,” benchmarker Purchasing Index (PI) MD Alan Low, told SmartProcurement. ” We regularly benchmarks domestic courier rates across organisations from a variety of industry sectors… and Rates from courier companies vary dramatically.” The charts

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Where Corporate Travel Money Falls Through The Cracks…

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SmartProcurement was invited to the recent Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) breakfast at the Westin Grand Hotel, Cape Town on the 22nd of August 2008. The topic of this breakfast was the prickly question: “Where is the money falling through the cracks?”, with particular reference to car rentals and unused tickets. Who is ACTE?

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World Class Operational Procurement: Training, Training, Training

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Part 4 of a ten-part series that examines key operational aspects of the so-called “Purchase-to-Pay” value chain by Independent Contributor, Peter Alkema – Head: Purchase to Pay at ABSA “The Purchase-to-Pay (PTP) value chain is a series of business events that are usually enabled by a system such as SAP. Knowledge of this process, as

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Optimising the Desktop and Corridor Print Environment

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The procurement of output devices (copiers, faxes, printers and scanners) is fast becoming a science in its own right. This commodity group traditionally falls under an organisation’s ‘indirect spend’ category (i.e. non-core business requirements), and as such is often not on the radar of the procurement department. This is partly the case for the reason

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The Procurement of HR and Skills in the Spotlight

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The past decade of unprecedented economic growth has firmly put the spotlight on the world economy’s most important asset, namely Human Resources (HR). This has brought about massive globalisation which has tempted many of our talented professionals to greener pastures, and this, in turn, has highlighted the value of recruitment agencies. SmartProcurement, in conjunction with

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