It is estimated that by 2015 contractors, freelancers and interim managers could make up as much as 50% of the white-collar workforce internationally. Many of these freelancers will be the more mature individuals with extensive experience and, new graduates seeking experience in various job roles. In Part 2 of this series, Elaine Porteous, a specialist […]
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The purchasing and supply management environment had changed over the past eight years in South Africa. The role of the purchasing and supply practitioner is no longer the procuring of products and services, but it become more and more strategic. The purchasing department has a bigger impact on the bottom line of companies. Savings,
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“Most procurement departments have have to deliver savings on an ever-increasing portfolio of goods and services with too few skilled resources,” says Alan Low, MD of procurement benchmarking service Purchasing Index (PI). “Compounding the problem of time is the culture of consensus which results in a high number of daily meetings and workshops.” He tells
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LEADERS: This month Smart Procurement profiles the leader of Supply Chain Policy in Government, Henry Malinga. Full Name: Henry McNell Luvuyo Malinga, Position: Chief Director, Supply Chain Policy, Specialist functions, Department of National Treasury Private sector OR Public sector: Public sector Core business activity of the enterprise: Setting and revising Government Supply Chain Policy and
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“Most World Class Organisations have realised that procurement is a key component for sustainable business success.” James Yates, COO of Cutting Edge Commerce tells Smart Procurement. However, the lack of visibility into accurate and complete transaction data is hampering company performance. Usually, large companies commission an outsourced service provider to develop a solution which
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New York based Information Builders (IB), a supplier of business intelligence solutions and Pretoria based Cutting Edge Commerce (CEC) have announced a worldwide partnership that will see CEC’s pre-packaged procurement and supply chain reporting solution be made available globally for multiple ERP systems including SAP, Oracle, J.D. Edwards, PeopleSoft, Baan, Lawson, Sage Accpac and 1C.
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A salary survey was conducted by Tech-Pro Personnel at the IPSA Conference held in May this year. The survey related specifically to the Procurement field and questioned reporting structures and budgets etc. It attracted a total of 103 respondents. The majority were from the Public Sector Enterprises such as Eskom and Transnet (39%), and the
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The recent survey by Deloitte of 300 South African companies, “National Remuneration Guide 2007”, established that there is a shortage of qualified and experienced staff in many professions, with particular emphasis on the shortage of AA candidates. Elaine Porteous, a specialist in Procurement Organisational design tells Smartprocurement that: “The procurement function is certainly not
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Local provider of World Class Procurement training, Commerce Edge, has launched a solution that enables Procurement Departments to initiate, manage and track the development of key World Class Procurement Skills.
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There has been a growing trend in many SA organizations to take on temporary staff instead of employing them permanently. The convenience for employers in doing this, including being able to call on resources as and when required, is often matched by the cost savings, e.g. not having to contribute to pensions, health care, etc.
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