“Without active interventions to address the constraints on low levels of local content, local producers will be disadvantaged and not given the opportunity to improve their capabilities and capacity,” Multi award winning global entrepreneur and strategist, Prof Dr Tal Edgars, tells SmartProcurement. Here he highlights South Africa in the first of a two-part article which […]
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Infrastructure is the key to unlocking the African continent’s free trade potential, says Dr Obiora Madu, Director-General of the African Centre for Supply Chain and CEO of the Multimix Group. Here he tells Smart Procurement the ways to go about “fixing the missing links”. Africa comprises about 20% of the world’s population but even with
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(Part 1): The evolving legal frameworks Spend Matters – an Austrian-based company covering procurement technology for supplier management and sourcing – has begun a 3-part series looking into how a combination of process and technology can help root out and combat forced labour and modern slavery in global supply chains. The company’s senior analyst, Bertrand
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The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell sharply to 50.7 index points in April 2022. This is the lowest level of the PMI since July 2021 when unprecedented looting and rioting shook local production and demand. As was the case then, the decline in the headline PMI was due to a sharp drop
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Michael Hugos, Co-Founder of SCM Globe in Chicago, provides fascinating insight into his company’s efforts to build and simulate supply chain models to understand the Russian logistics supporting their invasion of Ukraine. The author currently works with US Air Force instructors to integrate supply chain simulations into logistics training courses. There is an old saying
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Probably the most significant judgement the country has seen in public procurement, was handed down by South Africa’s Constitutional Court on 16 February 2022, on the Afribusiness versus Minister of Finance case, and is reflected upon here by Shaun C Scott, Johannesburg director, coach, consultant and supply chain management practitioner. The decision was not anticipated
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Even a cursory reading of the published parts of the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture (the Zondo Commission), leaves no doubt that public procurement was at the heart of state capture in South Africa, says Prof. Geo Quinot, professor of law at Stellenbosch University and director of the African Procurement
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The conflict in Ukraine is piling further pressure on already stretched global supply chains. Phoenix, USA-based technology writer, Gary Wollenhaupt, discusses here how increased risks and issues can be mitigated. Behind the tragedy unfolding in the city streets and fields of Ukraine as the country comes under attack from Russia, the very concept of a
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Seasoned Algeria-based procurement and supply chain management professional, Anouar Ali Ammara, talks about the growth potential of African countries in the coming decades, as well as the rising interest and investment in infrastructure, information technology, and data connectivity and storage. All these necessary fundamental elements are coming into action and in place to enhance the
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Sustainable procurement requires organisations to consider social, environmental and governance (ESG) factors alongside financial metrics when making sourcing and buying decisions. These factors include: Financial factors: cost of goods and services over their entire life cycle Environmental factors: waste management, water usage, GHG-emissions, biodiversity and ecological conservation Social factors: Human rights: discrimination; bullying and harassment
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