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Enough innovation in South African Supply Chains?

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Today, a high-performance supply chain is a strategic asset, the complexity of which is increased by numerous factors, making constant innovation a necessity, Tech-Pro Personnel tells SmartProcurement. Historically, innovative companies that build strategic, high-performing supply chains quickly gain competitive and financial advantages. The PwC Global Supply Chain Survey 2013 found that companies with leading […]

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Electronic waste – making green from going green

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By ignoring reverse logistics – the returns and proper disposal of obsolete products – organisations are not only indirectly damaging the environment, but their corporate reputations. Furthermore, most South African companies fail to take advantage of the potential that exists to make millions of Rands from recycling electronic waste (defined as anything that runs

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Going green in the SA supply chain

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“Without action, the overall costs of climate change will be equivalent to losing at least 5% of global GDP each year, now and forever…the benefits of strong, early action far outweigh the costs of not acting,” warned British economist Lord Stern of the effects of climate change on the world economy in the 2006

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Manufacturing and retails’ view of the growing challenge of supply chain risk

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Supply chains are highly sophisticated and vital to the competitiveness of many organisations. However, their interlinked, global nature also makes them increasingly susceptible to a range of risks. Deloitte surveyed 600 executives at manufacturing and retail companies to understand their perceptions of the influences and causes of these risks; the actions they are taking

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The scale of SA’s procurement fraud

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“Fraud prevention systems don’t work because people are the ones that commit fraud and not systems.” Smart Procurement World recently sat down with international innovation, procurement and sustainability expert Colin Cram. Colin is best known for his passion around the topic of combating global procurement fraud. He has held senior procurement positions for over

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Logistics skills gap hampering SA’s ability to trade

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Research shows the supply chain skills gap has widened considerably, even over a short time span, severely impacting the competitiveness of the South African economy. According to the 2012 Supply Chain Skills Gap Survey, conducted by University of Johannesburg researchers Rose Luke and Gert Heyns, “employers have indicated that, although operational positions are relatively

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Facilitating SME’s relationships with procurement promotes meaningful SC transformation

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To actively make an SME opportunity possible in the corporate sector and ensure meaningful supply chain transformation, it is imperative to facilitate SME relationships with procurement – as the opportunity-holder – from the outset. This should be done by means of one’s enterprise development initiative, says Shawn Theunissen, head of CSR at Growthpoint Properties and

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Procure better outcomes from your print process

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Companies often see print as a cost of doing business and have not made the move to optimise their print management. However, simply taking that first step with the right print management partner can produce surprising and staggering outcomes, Christian Bell, Head of Sales and Marketing at Point, told SmartProcurement. There is no doubt that

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Greater value lies in procured print-manage services

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The true value of print expenditure is becoming increasingly evident with the evolution of more sophisticated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) accounting systems, which is increasing the focus on the print commodity and highlighting the need for companies to gain greater insight into and control of this product, Christian Bell, Head of Sales and Marketing at

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