Professor Marcus Ambe – professor of Supply Chain Management (and chairperson of the Supply Chain Management Research Group) in the department of Business Management at Unisa – posed critical questions, which set the scène for the roundtable discussion around the professionalisation of supply chain management. The discussion was held at Unisa on the 2nd […]
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Many people think about their career goals only when they start looking for a new job, or at their annual appraisal, but ongoing career planning and management is vital for any procurement professional. Nicky Taberner, Director at Hays Procurement & Supply Chain, gives her top tips for keeping your procurement career on track.
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Absa bank, in partnership with the Department of Economic Development and Tourism, launched a business skills programme in June 2016 to equip small suppliers with the necessary skills and knowledge to grow and sustain their businesses. The two-day programme aims to reach at least 1 000 small suppliers and, will run across the province
Commerce Edge South Africa has been formally accredited as a training provider of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transportation (CILT). CILT is a professional body operating out of the UK with local representation in South Africa. Image: Catherine Larkin and Vaughaun Zoutendyk
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Running a leading procurement organisation is no longer just about attracting younger workers to supply chain and procurement careers. It is about keeping them there. Millennials are now the largest living generation, totalling 75 million, even overtaking baby boomers in size. By 2020, they are expected to represent 50% of the global workforce, too. But
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The State Owned Enterprise Procurement Forum (SOEPF) and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) have endorsed the second edition of the much-anticipated Compendium of Supply Chain Management Terms. Containing thousands of supply chain management terminologies, Professor Douglas Boateng’s Compendium provides an all-inclusive compilation of procurement and other aspects of supply chain management
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Does this sound like you or one of your colleagues? “The problem is that there are so many suppliers, compounded by many procurement professionals being spread thin. Often, initially procurement has less specialist knowledge about a market than do their stakeholders. The consequence is procurement only being engaged late in the process, then spending
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A lack of supply chain skills has not hampered performance of South African organisations, found Barloworld Logistics’ Supplychainforesight Survey 2016. However, this is contrary to perceptions in previous years’ surveys where skills were identified as a major inhibitor to growth and sustainability. The disparity in results may be attributed to skills development initiatives whose
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A number of current issues in procurement will affect every professional, according to a new book, Procurement at a Crossroads: Career-Impacting Insights into a Rapidly Changing Industry. As authors Kelly Barner and Jon Hansen see it, the choices individuals make today will determine the direction of their careers and the future of procurement itself.
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Selecting the right suppliers remains a combination of analysis, art and fortune-telling. There are many decision-making traps buyers can fall into. Cuneyt Altinoz, a supply chain management and decision analysis lecture at Kaplan University (US) has taken the following from JE Russo and PJH Schoemaker’s book Decision Traps: Ten Barriers to Brilliant Decision-Making and
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