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Procurement transformation: more than squeezing suppliers’ margins

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Transferring pressure onto your suppliers’ margins is not sustainable in the long-term. In fact, it is the shortest route to supply disruption as you will risk supplier failure, Duncan Jones, Principal Analyst for Forrester Research, told supply chain leaders at SAP and SmartProcurement’s CPO Forum early in March. He noted that successfully implementing a new […]

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SmartProcurement Editorial board member chairman of CIPS adjudication panel

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Dr. Douglas Boateng, SmartProcurement editorial board member and CEO of PanAvest International has been appointed Chairman of the CIPS Pan African Best Practice Procurement and Supply Chain Management Adjudication Panel of experts. This team of independent, experienced academics and leading practitioners will meet during the year to discuss and adjudicate on best practice procurement and

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Procurement achievers – On the road to becoming SCM professionals

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Commerce Edge Academy (CEA), a registered study centre for the internationally recognised CIPS qualification, is pleased to congratulate students on their achievements during the November CIPS Examiniations. CEA has been assisting students from various business sectors such as IT, Telecomms, Manufacturing and Financial Services to combine after hours studies with their daily occupations. The bulk

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Developing Standard Bank’s procurement purpose – an investment in people

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In a bid to elevate the status of its procurement function from a transaction focused back office into one considered to be a value enabler for its business units, Standard Bank South Africa (SBSA) is creating a talent nursery, using a defined procurement competency framework to underpin the career progression path of its people, Meshern

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Government’s SCM capacity building drive

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In a bid to elevate the professionalism of Supply Chain Managers, Cabinet has stipulated that government will only employ qualified SCM practitioners and assist to plot their career paths within a system of excellence. To facilitate this new culture of success, the Department of National Treasury (NT) is on a path of significant capacity building,

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Unleashing employee potential through change management

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Managers can deliberately initiate organisational change. It can either evolve gradually within the department, be imposed by specific and compelling changes in policy and procedures, or arise from external forces, Ronald Mlalazi (MCIPS), Education Manager at Commerce Edge Academy, tells SmartProcurement. In his 10th article for SmartProcurement’s World-Class Procurement Practice series, Mlalazi discusses how good

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SA’s jobless could reach 45,5% by 2020

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Estimates suggest that the number of jobless South Africans will increase from 6,2-million in 2010 to 16,8-million in 2020, consistent with an increase in the narrow unemployment rate from 25,3% to 45,5%, Loane Sharp, a director at Adcorp, tells SmartProcurement. The projected figure of 16,8-million in 2020 includes 5,2-million students aged between 15 and 24

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Turning the cost of an employee into an asset to the organisation

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Procurement leadership can enhance employees’ performance, who can then add value by improving supply chain performance in their organisations, leading to an improved bottom-line and sustainable profitability, Ronald Mlalazi (MCIPS), Edcation Manager at Commerce Edge Academy, tells SmartProcurement. In his 9th article for SmartProcurement’s World-Class Procurement Practice series, Mlalazi discusses how the potential for an

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Rivalry for staff a significant risk to procurement departments – 2015 outlook

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CPOs are encouraged to invest significantly in the development of their people. The question is what exactly do they need? Kay Beyen’s research, concluded in conjunction with the European Institute of Purchasing Management (EIPM), has identified the key skills required by purchasing groups right now and tomorrow. (See image alongside, by Kay Beyen. First published

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Procurement at board level – SAPICS Conference report

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Some organisation’s Procurement departments are enjoying tenure at board level, the recession has seen to that, said David Smith, Commercial Director for the Department of Work and Pensions, UK. However, will they remain at board-level once economies begin to recover? Well it depends how well they prove their worth… We have no money! While this

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