4 November 2009

Procurement professionals update breakfast series 2009 concludes

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Commerce Edge, SmartProcurement and Purchasing Index teamed up to present the last leg in this year’s “Procurement Professionals Update Breakfast Series” at the Astro-tech Conference Facility in Parktown, Johannesburg. Over 60 delegates registered to hear Bernie van Niekerk, CEO of the Commerce Edge Group, summarise the highly informative and relevant report published by the Centre […]

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Inclusive supply chains support poverty reduction

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Procurement and Supply Chain Management have a role to play in a recently launched initiative for holistic poverty reduction. “Procurement that is ethical and value-based, that incorporates a community into its entire value chain” has a place in the Business for Development (B4D) Pathfinder Initiative, said Benjamin Mkapa, former Tanzanian President, at the initiative’s launch

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Improving supply chain processes and activity steps through Process Mapping – Part 2

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This month, SmartProcurement editorial board member Dr. Douglas Boateng (FIoD, FCILT, FCMI, FIBC, FIOM), CEO of PanAvest International, presents the second part of his discussion on the application of process mapping to improve the performance of supply chain processes. “There is the tendency for many organisations to quickly join any process improvement bandwagon hoping for

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Reducing SA’s Carbon Footprint – the Procurement profession’s role

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Reducing Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) has become a priority for South African business and the Government.What role will procurement professionals play in this regard? The following graph shows the various scenarios of the changes to the volume of SA’s GHG emissions. At the Climate Change Summit earlier in 2009, consensus between industry and government included the

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What will your supply chains resemble in ten years’ time? Part 2

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If an organisation wants to be competitive in the next decade, let alone a significant market participant, then its supply chains had better evolve.

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Outsourcing the Facilities Management function: a cleaner house

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In today’s competitive global workplace organisations are challenged with providing their staff with working environments that offer practicality, stimulation and comfort in order to attract and retain the best possible talent in the marketplace. One of the fundamental drivers of providing staff these aspects sits within the organisation’s Facilities Management (FM) space. FM can be

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Managing the transition to Strategic Procurement

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When an organisation elevates the strategic role of the Procurement function it is important that change management plays a pivotal role in aligning employees to new policies, processes and systems. In managing a transition it is important that an organisation‘s key asset people, drive the new strategy forward as its success or failure hinges on

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