Featured on the left (click to enlarge), is the Purchasing Index for steel showing the rate of increase in a basket of steel bought by the RSA Mining Industry. The graph shows that the basket prices have risen on average by 50% over that last two years with a major spike recently. . “The sudden […]
Steel Prices in SA will continue to rise…Perhaps through 2009 Read More »
Imperial Logistics and Volition Consulting Services (Volition) announced that Imperial Logistics will acquire 50% of Volition with effect from 1 July 2008, subject to approval from the Competitions Authority. Imperial Logistics and Volition will aim to improve their service offering whilst further increasing their footprint in the logistics and supply chain industry. “We are excited
Imperial Logistics Acquires 50% of supply chain consultancy Volition Read More »
This month SmartProcurement profiles Ebrahim Asmal of Engen Petroleum. Full Name: Ebrahim Asmal Position: Chief Procurement Officer – Engen Petroleum Limited Your organisations’ procurement spend: R 4 billion Who does P & SM report to: Financial Director Private sector OR Public sector: Private Sector Core business activity of the enterprise: Refining and marketing fuels and
Leadership Profile: Ebrahim Asmal of Engen Petroleum Read More »
Since we launched the 2008 Salary Survey in our last issue, more than 461 procurement professionals have participated. 58% of the respondents were male and 199 (guess..?) females. 69% of people had more than 10 years of experience in procurement. Of these 52 were CPO’s (Chief Procurement Officers)… and indicated below along with other roles
Initial results of 2008 Salary Survey Read More »
Economic theory states that where supply is low, demand will be high. The underlying premise is that a higher premium is paid for those high demand commodities where supply is low. For the last couple of years, we have seen this trend play itself out time and time again when it comes to salaries paid
Supply and Demand Theory back-firing on Human Resources in Procurement Read More »
Smart Procurement is pleased to announce that we are developing our Jobs section on our website to provide an extended service for both clients and candidates across the Africa Region to take you into 2008. The Smart Procurement community of more than 8000 P & SM practitioners provides the exact target market and contractors can
Smart Procurement launches Procurement contracting section / service Read More »
Recently on Procurementtips.com (SmartProcurement’s forum for procurement professionals) the following question about forecasting procurement requirements was asked. We received a useful and in depth reply from David van der Walt in Australia: Q: We all know how important forecasts are for us (buyers), to insure accurate flow of items and does indeed have a direct
Best practices for forecasting procurement requirements Read More »
“In an environment where no verification agency has been accredited by government, which verification agencies certificates are valid? When are self assessments applicable? What are the risks to investing resources into an unaccredited process, and what are the risks of doing nothing until accreditation is issued? Wade van Rooyen of IQuad Verification Service tells SmartProcurement that..
BEE Verification certificates vs Self Assessments… which is valid? What are the risks? Read More »
Most organisations have duplicates in their vendor master data, Marc Silberbauer of Marshan Technologies told Smart Procurement. The example he provides shows how one supplier could be registered with seven different vendor numbers…
Sorting out duplicate suppliers increase savings and BEE Points Read More »
The UK based Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) has accredited local World Class Procurement training provider Commerce Edge to be a provider of its internationally recognised Purchasing qualifications. As a result Commerce Edge will be able to provide students a range of CIPS qualifications ranging from Level 3 International Certificate to Level
CIPS qualifications now available locally through Commerce Edge Read More »
