IBM is working with the Zambian government to set up a new medical supply chain pilot project to better manage inventory and delivery of medicines, reports Supply Management. The collaboration with the Zambian Ministry of Health will make 200 life-saving drugs more widely available. According to IBM, the public health sector in Zambia registers […]
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Increased fuel price still biggest cost driver Rising costs and the global economic situation spell out increased competition and tighter margins in the logistics industry. Driving down the cost of logistics and making South Africa more competitive will require no less than bold steps forward, finds the 10th State of Logistics Survey. Published by the
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Barloworld’s 2014 supplychainforesight Survey highlights the growing importance of educated, empowered and connected consumers – and how the demand for personalisation is driving complexity and competition in the supply chain, Tech-Pro tells SmartProcurement. Today, the demands of ‘information-enabled’ consumers fuel a highly competitive global economy. To prosper, supply chains need to identify, understand and
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Elaine Porteous If your background includes a four-year business or science degree, you have strong technical skills and you have worked away in sub-Saharan Africa, you have a head start. Add to that, solid experience in construction or engineering, and you can speak Portuguese or French, your future is secure. If you lack any
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Michael Porter developed his well known Value Chain Model in 1985, in which he asserted that procurement was a support activity – an exercise that aided inbound and outbound logistics, operations, marketing and the provision of services to generate profit for an enterprise. Although the model has relevance today, procurement has come a long
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Recently, researchers Ruamsook and Craighead detailed what they believe is a perfect storm brewing in US supply chain management that will “contract the pool for supply chain talent”.¹ A similar set of circumstances exists in South Africa, Tech-Pro Personnel tells SmartProcurement. The American ‘Storm’ Ruamsook and Craighead’s research found key emerging trends that “individually
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Three periods in South Africa’s history have applied policies making entrepreneurship a last resort for many would-be entrepreneurs. During these periods the country has offered selective groups less-risky alternatives to becoming entrepreneurs effectively disincentivising entrepreneurship in the country, says Allon Raiz, CEO of enterprise development organisation Raizcorp. “South Africa’s political history meant that pre-1948,
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Jeremy Kirsten, a MCIPS Procurement and Supply professional, Project Manager, Consultant and Change Manager, shares a few fundamentals that a newly appointed senior procurement leader must endeavour to stick to, in this month’s SmartProcurement. Get to know your stakeholders – Having their buy in is critical because without that, trying to get projects or
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The furor that currently surrounds the New Codes presents an opening to win business from competitors who are trying to find reasons to not comply. Implement the New Codes now to get a head start on your business rivals, says The Hope Factory business mentor Roche Mamabolo in this month’s SmartProcurement. While some detractors
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The South African Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropped by 1.4 index points to 50.3 in March, mainly driven by a decline in the New Sales Orders Index, which tumbled to a level equal to August 2006. The March New Sales Orders Index fell by 6.8 index points to 46.6 from 53.4 in February. “This
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