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Lack of consistency and monitoring will nullify B-BBEE
The newly gazetted Revised Codes of Good Practice need consistency more than anything else, says Keith Levenstein, CEO of B-BBEE advisory company EconoBEE. Of concern is that there are differing interpretations of the codes, and how to earn points, says Levenstein. In some cases the codes are slightly unclear, but in others they are clear
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Who is to blame for Procurement’s poor representation at executive level?
Almost twenty five years on, CEOs, Government officials and policy makers are still skeptical about procurement’s formal representation on the executive and senior policy development committees In the first of four articles, Dr Douglas Boateng, SmartProcurement Editorial Board Member and CIPS Fellow, asks who is to blame for this? In 2011, Transparency International UK published
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How much are we REALLY paying for waste?
As a consultant and educator in operations and supply chain management for the manufacturing industry, Ken Titmuss, a SAPICS and APICS Authorised Education Provider, has a habit of pondering over bills and quotations a bit more than does the average Joe Soap. Considering his dinner bill the other evening he suddenly wondered how much he
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Government’s failure to pay sank Sanyati
Inappropriate expenditure and corruption are widely reported in the media – however, 2500 Sanyati Holdings employees now find it on their door step, playing a role in cutting their jobs. The former CEO gave his account of how Government’s failure to pay on contracts has contributed to the black-empowered civil engineering and construction firm’s liquidation.
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Procurement salaries at a glance
Procurement professionals in Gauteng earned higher annual incomes compared with professionals in other provinces and Southern African countries in 2011, CIPS and Ernst & Young have noted in their first survey of Southern African supply chain professionals’ salaries. Furthermore, specialist skills such as commodity expertise and business analytics do result in higher remuneration. Utilities, mining
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Forecasting making way for customer engagement
Increased flexibility, agility and responsiveness has been cited as the top medium-term business objective by respondents to the 2012 SupplyChainForesight survey, sponsored by Barloworld Logistics. The fact that using the supply chain as more of a competitive advantage was selected a close second is evidence that these two objectives are closely interlinked, and demonstrates the
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Corruption becoming endemic
Corporate South Africa, starting with Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)-listed companies, should play a decisive role in addressing the scourge of corruption that is strangling our democracy. It is imperative that business, the public at large and the government initiate anti-graft measures. Steven Powell, Head of Forensics at Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs (ENS), says South Africa’s anti-corruption
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SA risks losing role as world’s ‘supply chain gateway to Africa’
South Africa risks losing its role as the world’s ‘gateway to Africa’ if it does not respond to rising competition from other African countries, indicates research released last week. In its 2012 publication of SupplyChainForesight, Barloworld Logistics said that Nigeria was seen as the most likely to overtake South Africa as the leading economy and
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Implications of government entities not complying with revised PPPFA
The new PPPFA regulations became effective from 7 December 2011. Lucille Jansen van Vuuren of Volition Consulting Services outlines the implications if government entities do not comply with the amendments, in this month’s SmartProcurement. “In addition to an adverse Audit General Report, non-compliance with the PPPFA regulations as amended may result in expenditure to be
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