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Green Procurement: Material flows and logistics in ‘cradle-to-cradle’ approach essential

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Discussion presented at the Environmental Trade Show and Conference. Cradle-to-cradle thinking, which suggests that everything created by humankind can contribute positively to the environment and the economy, may be one of the next movements to influence the future of supply chain management (SCM). SCM professionals are in a position to lead a drive towards complete […]

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Containing fleet management costs critical

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Proper management of an organisation’s fleet is critical to control fleet costs in today’s economic environment, Ashleigh Young, General Manager of Fleetcube, tells SmartProcurement. The current vehicle market is an anomaly: new vehicle prices are rising while sales have fallen to their lowest since the 1990s. The second hand car market is also flooded, pushing

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Stopping the stealing in the Public Sector

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Last week the media ran scathing reports confirming what many government procurement professionals have been telling, SmartProcurement in private: ” That so called public servants abuse public funds to enrich themselves, bypassing or undermining procurement processes to fund their pursuits. That, senior individuals, use their political connections or seniority to pose veiled threats to SCM

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Peer Reviewed: The law of Government Procurement in South Africa

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In SmartProcurement’s May Newsletter, we discussed the Public Procurement Law Review’s opinions on Phoebe Bolton’s new legal work ‘The Law of Government Procurement in South Africa’. This month, SmartProcurement publishes a review of the book by Mr Isac Smith, director Supply Chain Management at the Western Cape Department of Health. ‘The Law of Government Procurement

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Public Sector Supply Chains helping to keeping economy afloat

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The IPSA/ CIPS Pan African Conference, held at Emperors Palace on 26th and 27th May, attests to the significant role that public sector supply chains are playing in ensuring the resilience of the South African economy against the worst effects of the present global downturn. In particular, the State supply chain management machine is managing

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Does single source supply give customers leverage?

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During the Apartheid era, organisations often grew by purchasing or amalgamating with their competitors. As a result, in the 1990s, when organisations had access to the world stage, South Africa had and still has many industries that are controlled by monopolies or duopolies. Whilst most organisations believe that increased competition amongst their suppliers to be

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New work provides easy access to government’s procurement policies

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“A must-read for anyone who is pursuing a professional career in Procurement & Supply Management!” Owing to the fragmented regime governing public procurement in South Africa, it is exceedingly difficult to form a coherent view of the legal regime of government contracting. Professor Phoebe Bolton’s book, The Law of Government Procurement in South Africa, provides

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Procurement visibility needed at compulsive buyer: UK National Health Service (NHS)

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In the United Kingdom (UK) Government’s search for budget balancing savings of tens of £ billions annually, as led by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, attention is increasingly directed to the more than £160 billion that the public sector reportedly spent on the procurement of goods and services from third party suppliers (half of which is

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Zuma tender solution will hamper service delivery. Accountability the answer

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In response to ANC President Jacob Zuma’s statement that the government tendering process should return to the old tender board system, SmartProcurement and independent experts are clear that this move will hamper service delivery, negate progress made in public sector procurement and still not be a foolproof mechanism to prevent fraud. Individual accountability within the

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Can the public sector ever negotiate successful relationships?

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“The public sector has significant influence on private sector contracting. Many innovative terms and contracting methods have seen their beginnings in public procurement – examples range from ‘termination for convenience’ through to public-private partnerships”, Gregg Barrett, Director of Cylon Technology, recently told SmartProcurement. Yet for all the innovation, the popular image of public procurement remains

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