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Innovation is not about what you control, but what you can access: the procurement view

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By Bertrand Maltaverne The secret sauce for innovation… The secret sauce is secret because innovation itself and conditions that foster it are, both, quite complex topics that I will not dare to address in their entirety. However, the fact that innovation constitutes a competitive advantage and is a condition for survival is not a secret; […]

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Supplier selection tips: do this, don’t do that

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Selecting the perfect contractor is essential to ensure that your department is able to achieve its goals to reach its full potential. One bad choice can spoil an entire operation and disproportionately set back fiscal and business goals. Follow these helpful supplier selection tips to ensure that you/your department do not fall victim to avoidable

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Opinion survey: are you tired of receiving sub-standard proposals and tender responses?

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Have your say to help suppliers improve. Recent international research shows that: • Buyers are increasingly frustrated by the quality of proposals that they receive• Early engagement between buyers and potential suppliers is becoming increasingly important• The proposal document is becoming more crucial in the evaluation process Do you agree with these statements?

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SMME Clinic | Financial compliance for small business is the key to support – Session 21

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SMME Clinic interviews Annie McWalter, Managing Director of SAICA ED and the Hope Factory, who shares great insight into how the COVID pandemic has shown the importance of compliance for SMMEs.

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Alexander the Great needed great supply chains

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Popular history tells us that Napoleon said “an army marches on its stomach“. However, he was not the first military leader to understand that combat is only one part of a successful military campaign. Alexander the Great’s ‘greatness’ was not owing to his ability to dream up bold moves and cut a dashing figure in

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Living in interesting times: procurement 2020

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By Nicolette Emmino We were not even at the end of Quarter 1 of 2020 when tariff wars seemed to be the least of our problems. Even before the coronavirus started to disrupt supply chains, procurement analysts had identified several things to watch out for and necessary transformations that needed to happen within the procurement

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The sources of future supply chain restlessness

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Supply chain disruptions have continued to grow significantly in recent years, even before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic struck and caused a major impact on the availability of components, goods and services as well as logistics, shipping and sourcing. Research by the Institute for Supply Management shows that (1) common disruptors have direct business impact across

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COVID-19 pandemic: a rocky road to a new business norm

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By Gordon Reid with input from Mieka Cleghorn, SA Managing Director, Transparent As a semi-retired business executive, and after spending the past twenty plus years working for some of South Africa’s leading companies, the COVID-19 lockdown has afforded me valuable time for some serious thinking. Many businesses will need to change the way they operate

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5 LEAPs towards successful ESD programmes

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Initiating an enterprise and supplier development (ESD) programme is not something to rush into. It is a process that will achieve very little for everyone involved if it is not carefully planned, aligned with coherent business and supply chain strategies, and rolled out to candidates that have true potential. Lean enterprise acceleration programmes (LEAP) has

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Africa’s largest virtual conference for supply chain and procurement professionals coming in August

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SmartProcurement has joined forces with SAPICS to offer Africa’s largest-ever online event for supply chain and procurement professionals. Africa Supply Chain in Action takes place on 19 and 20 August 2020. It is expected to bring together more than 1 000 supply chain and procurement professionals.

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