Whilst we were slaving away, optimising our supply chain widget world, a few Wall Street wizards created yet another recipe for fool’s gold. Consequently, our supply chain world is faced with some harsh realities as the world heads deeper into recession with global leaders struggling to estimate where the bottom is. But what does this […]
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The latest Quarterly Labour Force Service Survey reports that there was a slight improvement in South Africa’s labour market last year, with Statistics SA releasing that “between the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2011, the South African unemployment rate declined by 0,7 percentage point to 25,0%”. Yet, the Supply Chain, Distribution and Procurement recruitment market
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Facilities services are to a great extent outsourced to specialist companies who do the work or subcontract it to other companies, while the client organisation manages the facilities management (FM) arrangements. In some cases the whole of FM has been outsourced. Over the last 11 years Purchasing Index (PI) has benchmarked many aspects of FM
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Suppliers in the coming decade will continue to take on bigger pieces of things they already do for customers. Think of it as ‘integrated supply on steriods’ where suppliers step out of their comfort zones to drive customer performance. “I expect to see a lot more total solution-type relationships with suppliers, whether it’s an OEM,
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Ariba (previously Quadrem) is assisting the Provincial Government of the Western Cape (PGWC) to implement its policy to only contract with businesses duly registered on the Western Cape Supplier Database (WCSD), Catherine Hills, Partner: Global Accounts at Ariba, tells SmartProcurement. WCSD is a centralised supplier database administered by Ariba on behalf of PGWC. It houses
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In a world of immediacy, it is imperative for the procurement and compliance functions to work closely with suppliers to ensure that conduct throughout the supply chain does not overstep ethical boundaries. Abrie de Swardt, IMPERIAL Logistics Marketing Director tackles this tough topic for SmartProcurement. “The combination of supply chain globalisation and consumer activism presents
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Is Procurement and Supply Chain Management’s growing contribution to organisations mirrored in the salaries offered? To find out CIPS Southern Africa, in conjunction with Ernst & Young, is running its first Salary Survey. The survey will benchmark salaries across the procurement industry; measure annual salary increases; and track the annual salary growth of procurement professionals.
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Government entities are making progress implementing National Treasury’s (NTs) Contract Management Framework released in 2011, Paul Maddison, Managing Director at Realyst Contract Management, tells SmartProcurement. There are indications that some public sector entities are beginning to take contract management seriously, already embarking on strong initiatives to get to grips with the requirements set by Treasury.
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Managing your career is an ongoing challenge, more so in these difficult economic times where downsizing and outsourcing are more than buzzwords. One way of keeping ahead of the pack and up-to-date with what is happening in the world of purchasing and supply is to read widely and absorb the important news and trends, Elaine
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