Salary increases are determined – and influenced – by a range of factors, including company size and profitability, geographic location, employment equity policies, union relationship and, most importantly, the supply of and demand for Supply Chain professionals. It’s likely that higher-than-average salary increases will be awarded to key, ‘in demand’ staff in 2015, Tech-Pro […]
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Finding that most organisations they engage with have been unable to drive meaningful compliance on the new Enterprise & Supplier Development (ESD) scorecard, Bruce Rowe and Seth Randall of Mpowered Business Solutions (MBS) give some practical suggestions in this month’s SmartProcurement. The new ESD scorecard requires renewed thinking from Supply Chain and Procurement professionals.
A caterpillar is hardly noticeable, but becomes fascinating once it has developed into a colourful butterfly. Similarly, an invisible procurement function can exist, but fail to make meaningful contributions to its organisation and attract nothing positive, Jim Makuwa, Commerce Edge Academy Education Manager tells SmartProcurement. According to Michael Porter’s Value Chain Model, each function
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To significantly change South Africa’s service delivery issues, it is imperative that government implements an effective supply chain management strategy, supported by the appropriate skills. However, South Africa is hampered by a dire shortage of executive-level supply chain management and procurement professionals, says Professor Douglas Boateng of the Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership
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The Commerce Edge Academy is the first study centre in Africa to be certified as an official CIPS ‘Approved Study Centre’. Up to now the status awarded to CIPS Study Centres outside the United Kingdom have been limited to “Recognised”. CIPS UK conferred the title in October, Ronald Mlalazi, Head of Commerce Edge Academy,
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When it comes to integration into corporate supply chains, most suppliers are unhappy with the current state of play in South Africa. While most entrepreneurs dream of securing corporate clients and establishing mutually beneficial and fruitful long-term supply relationships, only a handful of suppliers polled by Enterprise and Supplier Development organisation The Hope Factory,
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Controlling an 800-horsepower Formula-1 racer by relying on mere arm muscles and foot sensitivity can turn out to be a dangerous exercise, said Michael Schumacher. Similarly, making trusted and confident supply chain decisions requires analytics of more than pencil, paper and Excel spreadsheets, Keertan Rai, of Ariba Expenditure Visibility, tells SmartProcurement. A passing glance into
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Organisations seeking to become leaner and more efficient can’t manage what they don’t measure. “Over the 15 years that I have been benchmarking SA organisations I have seen very little evidence that there is any direct relationship between how much organisations procure and the prices they pay. Rather, it is better-informed organisations that pay
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The South African Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose for a third month running in October, increasing by 1 index point to 51.8 and signalling a relatively strong start to the fourth quarter. This marks the best level it has reached since November 2013. The purchasing managers’ index, derived from monthly surveys of private-sector companies,
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