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How to get buy-in for sustainable procurement

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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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How to diversify your suppliers

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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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Sales trends for 2021: procurement needs to be solutions salespeople too

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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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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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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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Understanding and managing IT vendor relationships: do they matter?

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By Tiran Gunarathna, Senior IT Category Lead, Infosys Business Process Management; andSriKrishna Koneru, AVP – Strategic Business Practice Head, Sourcing and Procurement, Infosys Business Process Management We often hear about vendor management in sourcing and procurement organisations, but how frequently do we talk about vendor relationship management? Are they the same or are they different?

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Coronavirus has exposed just how delicate our procurement eco-system really is

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Do we need to fundamentally re-imagine what our procurement eco-system looks like? Ian Thompson, Regional Head at Ivalua, thinks so and here is why…

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Prepare and adjust your supply chain for coronavirus

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By James B. Rice, Deputy Director, MIT Centre for Transportation and Logistics Developing a clear supply chain response to the coronavirus outbreak is extremely challenging, given the scale of the crisis and the rate at which it is evolving. The best response, of course, is to be ready before such a crisis hits, since options

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SMME clinic | Pandemic proof your business – Part 1

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Smart Procurement World and its partners are joining forces to share insights and to help SMMEs during this challenging time. #BetterTogether Video by SMME Clinic

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SMME clinic | Pandemic proof your business – part 2

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Elmarie Goosen flips things around and interviews Smart Procurement COO, Debbie Tagg on how Smart Procurement itself is addressing the pandemic and supporting small business. #BetterTogether

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