A food business is only as good as its supply chain’s consistent ability to deliver the best produce at the best price. But what makes a good supplier and where and how do you find them? Factors such as pricing, reliability, credit arrangements and the stability of the supply company all play a huge role […]
Finding and working with Suppliers in the food business where risk is rife Read More »
Eskom, Transnet move to shift procurement focus from compliance to the ‘national value add’ imperative There is a concerted effort under way by the Institute of Purchasing and Supply South Africa (IPSA) to help put in place the systems and skills-development programmes necessary to assist State-owned enterprises Transnet and Eskom to realign their procurement practices
Competitive Supplier Development: Surfing a Tsunami Read More »
Value Engineering is a creative approach used to optimise life-cycle costs, save time, increase profits, improve quality, expand market share, solve problems, &/or use resources more effectively (VEMSA).Thapelo Petje, CPO at MTN SA tells SmartProcurement that “In order to create value from contracts or tenders awarded procurement professionals must look at how to manage suppliers
Using Value Engineering for world class Supplier Relationship Management Read More »
"No government department has ever asked for a Broad Based BEE certificate, and it may be some time before they do" Wade van Rooyen of Iquad Verification Services tells SmartProcurement. . The answer to the question of why government has not asked for certificates is based on conflicting legislation which may have a serious impact
BBBEE Compliance vs Government Procurement Practices – a Contradiction in terms? Read More »
One of the pillars of Strategic Sourcing is SRM (Supplier relationship management) – which is in this context, is process for building and management of enduring and sustainable supplier relationships. The delivery of quality products/ services on time every time at the right price is usually the result of a particularly sound relationship between the
Supplier Relationship E- Management launched Read More »
The commercial agreement between the principal buyer and the service provider of outsourced logistics has far reaching, long term consequences for both parties. Cobus Rossouw of Volition shares some practical insights with Smart Procurement on how to extract the maximum value from your service provider…. “There are some common ideas being put forward as being
“Open Book Costing” and “Cost Plus” can hamper Outsourced Logistics contracts. Read More »
It’s Friday noon hour and you’re about to leave for a supplier meeting when the CPO buzzes and says that the FD just flew in from HQ and urgently ( for their impromptu Board Meeting at 14h00) requires your Commodity Report on your total BEE Spend: – for the past 6 months; – broken down
Seamless reporting on your monthly/ quarterly/ annual BBBEE spend now available Read More »
In the recent past Supplier Directory’s matched the procurement departments enquiry with the required goods or services and ranked the supplier(s) according to region, reputation and such like criteria. The BBBEE Codes of Good Practice, as issued by the Department of Trade and Industry and, gazetted in February this year, changed all that. Detailed Supplier
Detailed 60 000 BEE SUPPLIER and verification information available electronically Read More »
Purchasing departments and Procurement professionals have always required accurate, reliable and up- to- date supplier information system. With the introduction of the BBBEE codes of good practice the requirement to locate good BEE suppliers has escalated exponentially. Des Heath, Managing Director at EZEE-DEX, told Smart Procurement that their electronic product now includes 8 000 BEE
More than 8000 qualified BEE suppliers now available Read More »
Joint improvement efforts between buyers and suppliers can yield impressive results. William Sharp of 4-Africa Solutions told Smart Procurement that: When looking at joint Supply Chain Collaboration projects there are two aspects that need to be considered when mapping joint supply chain processes namely. Taxonomy and Implementation. Taxonomy is the aspect of using a common
A “Quick Start” to Supply Chain Collaboration Read More »
