Part 4 of a ten-part series that examines key operational aspects of the so-called “Purchase-to-Pay” value chain by Independent Contributor, Peter Alkema – Head: Purchase to Pay at ABSA “The Purchase-to-Pay (PTP) value chain is a series of business events that are usually enabled by a system such as SAP. Knowledge of this process, as […]
World Class Operational Procurement: Training, Training, Training Read More »
The procurement of output devices (copiers, faxes, printers and scanners) is fast becoming a science in its own right. This commodity group traditionally falls under an organisation’s ‘indirect spend’ category (i.e. non-core business requirements), and as such is often not on the radar of the procurement department. This is partly the case for the reason
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SmartProcurement recently attended the Institute of Purchasing and Supply South Africa’s (IPSA) breakfast meeting on the 13th of August 2008 as held at the Hotel School in Granger Bay, Cape Town. Kraai van Kraayenburg, IPSA’s Business and Training Development Manager, started the proceedings by welcoming guests to the event. In his welcoming address Van Kraayenburg
IPSA Western Cape Breakfast: “Procurement is the Profit Machine!” Read More »
The results of the SmartProcurement 2008 Salary Survey has been finalised and some very interesting results have come to light. “The survey strongly confirms the global trend that the procurement function is on the rise within organisations”, says Bernie van Niekerk, Editor of SmartProcurement. 522 Procurement professionals completed the survey. The top responding industry sectors
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With Women’s Day (9 August) around the corner, SmartProcurement is highlighting the success of women who are international industry leaders in the field of Procurement. Elaine Porteous, Managing Director of specialised procurement recruiter CA Procurement, told SmartProcurement that: “In a recent study done by the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies (CAPS), it was found that
In USA CPO Women Earn More Than Men Read More »
This month SmartProcurement profiles Sanet Jacobs of Lonmin Platimun. Full name: Sanet Jacobs Position: Senior Supply Chain Manager – Procurement & Warehousing Your organisations’ procurement spend: R7 billion p.a. Who does P & SM report to: VP SBS & President of Lonmin Private sector OR Public sector: Private Sector Core business activity of the enterprise:
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Our congratulations go to Mr Ken Titmuss, the South African Production & Inventory Control Society’s (SAPICS) President, and his team on once again staging what they claim to be ‘The Leading Event in Africa for Supply Chain Professionals’. Over 1200 delegates arrived to take part in 12 workshops, listen to 60 speakers (many of them
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“Organisations can no longer only rely on their products and services to differentiate themselves”, Tom Beasor, an acclaimed international negotiator told SmartProcurement. “Often, it is the actual level of training of their personnel that makes the deciding difference.” This applies as much to your hard skills (technical competence) as it does to your soft
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One of the papers from the recent IPSA / CIPS Pan African Conference, in Johannesburg, sheds essential light on the subject of sourcing goods and services in the vast global marketplace that has so conveniently opened up to African organisations. In his presentation “Low Cost Economy Sourcing – Competitive Advantage or Threat”, David Noble, Group
Low Cost Country Sourcing a “Huge commercial incentive”. China vs India Read More »
Time to recalculate your scorecard! In a landmark decision, the Pretoria High Court has ruled that South Africans of Chinese descent qualify for the full benefits of the country’s Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) and Employment Equity (EE) legislation. The Pretoria High Court found in favour of an application by the Chinese Association of South
Chinese South Africans now Black – What impact will this have on your BBBEE Score? Read More »
