Supply management organisations have tended to ignore tail spend, considering it non-strategic. But as they realise the cost savings that can be derived, organisations are becoming more aware of their tail-spend management problems and are looking into solutions.
Making headway in tail-spend management Read More »
SMME Clinic interviews Annie McWalter, Managing Director of SAICA ED and the Hope Factory, who shares great insight into how the COVID pandemic has shown the importance of compliance for SMMEs.
SMME Clinic | Financial compliance for small business is the key to support – Session 21 Read More »
By Akashni Weimers We have all encountered some degree of awareness, whether by experience or otherwise, of the challenges that women have faced in attaining positions of power and influence in key positions. At its core, many of these challenges are attributed to the ability of a woman to balance her work role and life.
Women push to deliver more while juggling work and life amidst COVID-19 Read More »
Popular history tells us that Napoleon said “an army marches on its stomach“. However, he was not the first military leader to understand that combat is only one part of a successful military campaign. Alexander the Great’s ‘greatness’ was not owing to his ability to dream up bold moves and cut a dashing figure in
Alexander the Great needed great supply chains Read More »
By Dr Ambrish Kumar, Founder, LogYcode Tech Solutions The COVID-19 outbreak that engulfed nations across the globe is forcing governments, national and international authorities to take unprecedented measures, such as the lockdown of cities and the restriction of people’s movement to check and control the spread of the pandemic. This, consequently, affected global trade and
COVID-19: a run-down of the effects of the pandemic on logistics and supply chains Read More »
Imagine a world, where all people thrive on our planet. A world, where the immediate threat of climate disaster has been avoided and where global businesses have evolved their business models to support a responsible and low-carbon economy. “Whilst it seems a bit far-fetched looking at today’s realities, this world vision is possible and the
The Sustainable Procurement Pledge Read More »
By Nicolette Emmino We were not even at the end of Quarter 1 of 2020 when tariff wars seemed to be the least of our problems. Even before the coronavirus started to disrupt supply chains, procurement analysts had identified several things to watch out for and necessary transformations that needed to happen within the procurement
Living in interesting times: procurement 2020 Read More »
In late July, Digital Procurement World (DPW) brought together some of the world’s most progressive chief procurement officers (CPOs) for a virtual roundtable discussion on how the ever-changing digital environment can help procurement challenge the status quo and design operating models that deliver both innovation and value. Matthias Gutzmann, Founder of DPW, gives us the
Reinventing procurement: the case for new operating models Read More »
Supply chain disruptions have continued to grow significantly in recent years, even before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic struck and caused a major impact on the availability of components, goods and services as well as logistics, shipping and sourcing. Research by the Institute for Supply Management shows that (1) common disruptors have direct business impact across
The sources of future supply chain restlessness Read More »
By Erica Bosio, Programme Manager: Growth Analytics, Development Economics Vice Presidency, World Bank The trade-off between rules and discretion has been a central topic of research in public procurement. Kelman’s (1990) early work stressed the costs of rigid regulation in United States government procurement and made the case for discretion. Since then, research on the
Rules vs. discretion in public procurement Read More »
