7 November 2012

CPOs still not seen as part of the exco group of organizational heads

Leave a Comment / Procurement Leaders, Procurement Strategy / Editor

A survey of formal Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) representation at executive committee (exco) level in state-owned or government-controlled enterprises; consulting and audit organizations; and the top 100 listed-corporations revealed some very startling findings. In the second of four articles on the state of procurement, Dr Douglas Boateng shares his concerns in this month’s SmartProcurement.

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PMI declines – output and demand under pressure

Wake up to supply risk!

Leave a Comment / Legal / Contract, Risk Management / Editor

Converging trends will make supply relationships even riskier in 2020 than they are today. Project participants expect to see big increases in companies’ awareness around supply risk and also an expansion in their perceptions of where risks lurk. This is the consensus among Procurement Executives who responded to an Ariba survey on Procurement in 2020.

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“Local Procurement Accord” scheme gains momentum

Leave a Comment / Enterprise Development / Editor

The SA Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry is working with businesses and public sector bodies to help small firms break into the ‘supply loop’ and become vendors to bigger companies. It has committed to driving the Proudly South African ‘buy local’ campaign, which was launched in 2011 by government, businesses and community organisations to

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CPOs still not seen as part of the exco group of organizational heads

PMI declines – output and demand under pressure

Wake up to supply risk!

“Local Procurement Accord” scheme gains momentum

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