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Why is change management important for procurement and supply chain professionals?

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The only thing that stands between success and failure for an SME or QSE is opportunity. For suppliers to be defined as excellent, as trusted and the “go to supplier”, they have had to be provided with opportunities to perfect their craft. Opportunities as it takes time, effort and continuous improvements to master a […]

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White Paper: 4 Key benefits for Procurement Departments using Corporate T&E Cards

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As procurement function has to deal with many small transactions, corporate cards provide distinct benefits for at least five different functions within a procurement department: treasury, accounts payable, financial systems, audit/compliance and budgeting/planning, explains Virginia Miller, Business Leader, CPS Product Development of MasterCard in this month’s SmartProcurement. This white paper sets out the advantages

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PMI remained unchanged at 51.4 index points in July

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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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Return to ‘SCM first principles’ before scheduling more SAP training

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With daily technological advances in the SAP world, focus tends to fall on the next-best technology and users forget that they already use a set of powerful basic supply chain management (SCM) tools. In fact, users may have never known about these SCM tools, and if they did, they may have ‘lost’ them through

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January PMI may overstate improvement in the manufacturing sector

4 HR trends to affect SA’s supply chain in 2015

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According to Forbes, high-level trends like the growing skills gap increase pressure on staff to “stay relevant, choose degrees that turn into jobs and constantly reinvent themselves”, Tech-Pro tells SmartProcurement. Top HR Workplace Trends in 2015¹ 1. Expect the skills gap to widen Skills mismatch – or ‘the gap between the skills required on

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PMI – Manufacturing gaining traction as conditions normalise

SA PMI edges above the key 50 level

Declining SMME index indicates narrowing entrepreneurial supply base

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The Absa SMME index declined during Q1 2014, with a total quarterly decrease of 2.2% and a yearly decrease of 3.8%. The index declined to a two-year low in Q4 2013 (from 95.6 to 93.4). Although South Africa has not yet entered a recession, the overall index clearly reflects slower growth over the last

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PMI lifted by normal manufacturing levels, but index remains below 50

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The South African Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose by 3.1 index points to 49.0 in August 2014. “The improvement in the August PMI signalled a return to more normal manufacturing output levels following months of production disruptions owed to industrial action in the platinum mining and metal sectors,” commented Abdul Davids, Head of Research

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