The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has pledged its support for the creation of a professional procurement licence. The endorsement was revealed at the CIPS Pan African Conference in July in Johannesburg. David Noble, group CEO, CIPS said in a statement that “as a profession, we need to step forward and be accountable for […]
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Owed to increasing globalisation, organisations are doing business with partners outside of their traditional comfort zones, complicating supply chains with an array of risks and variables that must be managed to avoid disruptions like quality issues, shipment delays or product shortages. Deciding on the best approach to reduce global supply chain risks has long
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Research conducted by MasterCard, with Kaiser Associates, on the buying habits of corporate purchasing managers to evaluate the effect of card acceptance on corporate purchasing found that card acceptance can lead to increased revenue for card-accepting suppliers. When considering strategic options to help grow revenue and increase customer loyalty, organisations often neglect to consider
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With companies constantly striving to maximise output and reduce operational costs, the days of parts and materials planners having their own personal buyer are long gone. Centralised procurement is quite the norm. Often in these environments one hears that “when the buyer sat next to me we never had the issues around material and
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South Africa’s population is one of the youngest in the world, with an average age of 24.9 years. That is a lot of potential young entrepreneurs who could start companies, create jobs and positively impact the economy — if the right training, knowledge-sharing and example is impressed upon them, says KeaObaka Mahuma, Head of Enterprise
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The nature of global supply and demand networks introduces distance, cultural and time-zone challenges. These, in turn, create increasing complexity, which is difficult to see into and manage. Ongoing mergers and acquisitions create even more complexity as each new division finds itself operating in silos and unable to leverage economies of scale across the
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Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) exists purely to push South Africa forward in its transformation. More and more incubators of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have come to the fore since the inception of B-BBEE, however, despite developing a strong SME sector, progress in terms of SME development remains moderate. Part of the reason
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Escalating road tariffs, increasing driver fees, rising maintenance costs and erratic fuel prices, along with the amount of long distance freight compared with Europe, are set to cause problems for South Africa’s logistics sector, according to Stellenbosch University’s Logistics Barometer. The current 781-million tons of freight moved is likely to triple over the next
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The flat reading follows a strong gain (albeit from very depressed levels) in May and a further rise in June. “The PMI price index declined by 2.1 points to 75. The easing in cost pressures may already reflect the effects of lower commodity prices, including the renewed decline in the Brent crude oil price.
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