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Outsourced BEE compliance services pinpoint supplier development requirements for increased Procurement Score.

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“With the Codes of Good Practice on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (the Codes) approved and about to be gazetted, the BEE verification industry is moving towards much stricter regulation. Already there has been a substantial reduction in the number of businesses offering verification services now published in the Association of BEE Verification Agencies’ website (www.abva.co.za).” […]

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Supplier sustainability evaluation service launched

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Organisations can better manage risks by limiting their exposure to unstable suppliers. The general principle being that insight into a supplier’s sustainability profile, will advance the procurement department’s ability to plan for and handle, disruptions in supply, inconsistencies in product quality, the sourcing of back up or new suppliers and a host of other related

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TCO of Changing to a new supplier

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On the Procurementtips.com Forum Bob McLeay from RACV in Australia asked the follwing interesting question: “A lot of my work is in establishing agreements for provision of indirect services. When comparing the total cost of alternative bids I usually apply a notional cost to non incumbents to allow for the cost of transition to a

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Find out about KEY supplier failure before it happens

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Is your strategic supplier’s business about to fail? Even they might not be 100% aware of their situation… Business Safety Ratings is an innovative new service that assist procurement officers to select safe, new suppliers and to aid ailing, existing suppliers. Early signals of a possible need for bale-out or remedial intervention assist buyers in

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PART 2: How to negotiate with a SOLE Supplier

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By Bernie van Niekerk Its that time of the year…. Your SOLE supplier is about to present you “their valued customer” with their “negotiated” increase. They know, and you know that there is not much that you can do about it…. Now for whatever reason (part 1 of this article dealt with making sure you

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How to negotiate with a SOLE Supplier (Part 1)

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By Bernie van Niekerk You know the feeling …Their price increases are double that of everybody else’s… As far as their service is concerned well you’ve got 2 choices. 1. Take it or 2.Leave it! Their ”service” personnel are insolent to say the least. But there is one thing that you both know. namely, this

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BEE Supplier Development: How to pass the buck but still get the credit

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By Bernie van Niekerk No doubt, BEE is an ultra-hot topic. In this election year, it will dominate many political speeches. It will also dominate many deals and already is. (see BEE News section). For procurement professionals in Government and the Private sector this means meeting BEE targets. And the more broad-based the empowerment targets,

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