We’re into September, which leaves you only four months to meet your savings targets for the year. Where can you deliver savings in the remnants of 2011? There are still cards in your hand, in this month’s SmartProcurement. “There are four levers to pull in relation to cost savings,” says Larry Beard of Tate & […]
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“Two-thirds of global executives state their supply chains are being developed to service growth in emerging markets”. This is one of the outcomes of a recent survey of 225 supply chain and corporate executives from global companies with annual revenues exceeding US$3-billion. The survey, conducted by Ernst & Young and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
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This month SmartProcurement publishes the third article in a series considering China’s warehousing options, as presented in a report by C.H. Robinson Worldwide Considering China’s Warehousing Options. This month considers the key actions in implementing a warehousing solution in the world’s second largest economy.
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This month SmartProcurement publishes the second article in a series considering China’s warehousing options, as presented in a report by C.H. Robinson Worldwide. This month considers the challenges of warehousing in the world’s second largest economy. Challenges to consider While the benefits of a warehouse solution in China make it a viable opportunity for many
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China’s business relationship with Africa and South Africa is strengthening with every passing day. But while South African business enjoys the prospects of investment from the east, it may have overlooked some reciprocal investments that can be made in the world’s newly second largest economy. This month’s SmartProcurement considers the benefits of China’s warehousing options,
Why warehouse in China? Exploring the benefits Read More »
Despite government’s suspension of gazetted tolls for Gauteng’s highways, their implementation on June 23 will have an inflationary effect on food in Gauteng, Gordon Henry, General Manager of the Catervest Buying Group tells SmartProcurement.
Volume leveraging can lessen anticipated Gauteng highway toll food price increases Read More »
If you feel despair and experience a sinking feeling of impending gloom when opening your eagerly awaited RFPs on due date, spare a thought for the bid panel putting together the tender responses for you. It is Friday afternoon at 4.30 pm and the bid closes at 10am on Monday. The bid panel is committed
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The procurement function has a significant role to play in an organisation’s future business success in the global market, far beyond its past role of simple order processing, said Gerd Kerkhoff, CEO of Kerkhoff Consulting, tells SmartProcurement. Today’s economies do not operate in isolation, but are intricately interwoven with others in which their suppliers and
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Public sector Procurement organisations of many of today’s recession-hit territories are responding to demands for savings in various ways, including increasingly desperate attempts (in many cases) to deliver Procurement savings by pressurising suppliers to deliver lower prices, on the largest possible scale. Over the last few years public and pri vate sector volume leveraging strategies
Volume leveraging benefits – Where’s the evidence? Read More »
The timing of vehicle replacement can have a massive impact on an organisation’s fleet costs and ultimately the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the fleet, Ashleigh Young, General Manager at FleetCube tells SmartProcurement.
Timing of vehicle replacement essential to control a fleet’s TCO Read More »
