In this month’s SmartProcurement, Joshua Low of Purchasing Index (PI) explores some of the latest trends in facilities management. What changes are taking place in this space? And how are organisations, locally and internationally, adapting to incorporate these changes into their strategic plans for 2013? Catering A number of companies are beginning to see […]
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Work on a third wave of designated industries for local procurement is under way and will include school and office furniture, solar water heaters, cabling and capital equipment, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said in December. Current sectors designated for local procurement under the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act include buses, rolling stock, power
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Supplier management, once considered a nonstrategic process, is now in the executive spotlight – and for good reason. To manage a global supply base and deal with mounting regulations, companies are moving beyond mere supplier rationalization toward strategic supplier management, Marlene de Jager, Account Executive LOB: Procurement for SAP Africa tells SmartProcurement. The goal is
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SmartProcurement is launching a local business-to-business (B2B) procurement print magazine – the SmartProcurement Review – “World class procurement in your hands”. While SmartProcurement remains an online portal for procurement and supply management professionals and executives in South Africa, we’ve had numerous requests over the years for a printed magazine, which is still a preferred reference
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The seasonally adjusted Kagiso Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) lost 2.1 points in December, falling to 47.4. Despite advancing towards the key 50-point mark in November, the December decline marks the fourth consecutive month of contraction, a trend last observed during the 2008/2009 recession. The decline in the PMI is largely due to the fact that
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Minister of public enterprises Malusi Gigaba has called for the development of a 25-year plan to develop and localise supply chains. Gigaba called on South Africa and other African countries to drive domestic capabilities. In particular, he called for a shift away from transactional relationships in favour of more long-term and collaborative working between buyer
SA, develop a 25-year supply chain plan! Read More »
Business is failing to contribute enough to the drive towards localisation, which is central to the government’s push to industrialise and expand the domestic economy, said Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies. Commitments to local procurement were made in an accord between the government, business and labour. However, “progress by the private sector has been
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The newly gazetted Revised Codes of Good Practice need consistency more than anything else, says Keith Levenstein, CEO of B-BBEE advisory company EconoBEE. Of concern is that there are differing interpretations of the codes, and how to earn points, says Levenstein. In some cases the codes are slightly unclear, but in others they are clear
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