It is well worth devoting time and energy to being in perfect sync with your suppliers to squeeze every drop of value out of your direct spend. Respected procurement author and executive, Kelly Barner, tells you why and how.
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Companies need to become more resilient in their supply chain strategies but without sacrificing cost-effectiveness, warn experts The Covid-19 crisis has been a wake-up call for supply chain professionals, on whom marketing teams are often so dependant. According to a study by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), for years, companies have focused on eliminating redundancy
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To help small South African businesses recover from the spate of unrest that affected parts of the country, One Linkage, a women-owned technology company, has launched the #RiseUpSA Campaign. The campaign aims to enable corporates to connect with and “adopt” SMMEs that need support. A week of looting and rioting saw the destruction of thousands
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By Bárbara de Faria Lopes, Sustainability Consultant, IQbusiness, and Christelle Marais, Sustainability Lead, IQbusiness Financial factors are no longer the only consideration for businesses. Governments, investors, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and society at large are increasingly holding companies accountable for their social and environmental impact. Organisations, therefore, need to identify and address sustainability risks within their
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By Moses Manuel, Lecturer in Business, Legal and Development Studies, and Founder of Zerite Network Purchasing and supply management is not an entirely new concept to most people. Take a look at the first part, purchasing: we all undertake purchasing, be it data for your mobile phone, food, clothes, etc. Purchasing and supply management is
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By Will Green The need for greater diversity has finally reached beyond staff and hit the company purse strings. Supply Management takes a look at why you should up your supplier diversity and how to go about it. In 2020, two major events helped lay bare some of the inequalities in modern society. First came
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“One of the sales trends for 2021 is procurement needs to be solutions salespeople too,” says By Sue Barrett, Founder and CEO of www.barrett.com.au and www.salesessentials.com Times are, indeed, changing with the procurement function becoming increasingly important as a conduit, an orchestrator if you will, for the co-creation of value with suppliers and internal stakeholders
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By Steve Banker, Vice President: SCM, ARC Advisory Group Customer loyalty begins with excellent service and timely delivery. Companies have come under pressure to unify their buying experience across channels, capture orders easily, and deliver them rapidly and accurately. When it comes to gauging the loyalty of an organisation’s customer relationships, the net promoter score
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By Dr Ambrish Kumar, Founder and Group CEO, AAA 2 Innovate Pvt Ltd The world is waiting for the COVID-19 vaccine. Distributing it globally from its points of production is a gargantuan task. In fact, it is a task some feel should best be left to the expertise of military logistics. The vaccine is beginning
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By Jeff Stiles, VP, Product Marketing SCM, Oracle Where are supply chains going today? I had a chance to hear some interesting perspectives on this question at a recent Oracle Live event, where I attended a session that looked at pivoting your SCM operations to growth. In light of recent events, this was a timely
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