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4 steps to an optimised supply chain

Today’s supply chains across all industries are becoming significantly more complex. Suppliers, distributors and retailers are faced with the combined challenges of global sourcing and fulfilment, shorter product life cycles, increasing amounts of legislation, the dynamics of multi‐channel retailing, the speed of technological advances and now, the most challenging economic circumstances in a lifetime. These […]

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MIT supply chain risk management survey launched

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is conducting an important global study of Supply Chain Risk Management in collaboration with the Association for Operations Management of Southern Africa (SAPICS) and Imperial Logistics. The groups are surveying people’s experiences and attitudes toward supply chain risks and risk management with the goal of understanding if regional and

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Procurement’s image problem

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The Procurement profession has a serious image problem. Most South African organisations, whether corporate or government, still do not see the profession as a strategically important function… “How many Procurement professionals report directly to the CEO? Only two out of over 70!” Dr. Douglas Boateng, CEO of Panavest International, was responding to a show of

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Procurement professionals update breakfast series 2009 concludes

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Commerce Edge, SmartProcurement and Purchasing Index teamed up to present the last leg in this year’s “Procurement Professionals Update Breakfast Series” at the Astro-tech Conference Facility in Parktown, Johannesburg. Over 60 delegates registered to hear Bernie van Niekerk, CEO of the Commerce Edge Group, summarise the highly informative and relevant report published by the Centre

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Improving supply chain processes and activity steps through Process Mapping – Part 2

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This month, SmartProcurement editorial board member Dr. Douglas Boateng (FIoD, FCILT, FCMI, FIBC, FIOM), CEO of PanAvest International, presents the second part of his discussion on the application of process mapping to improve the performance of supply chain processes. “There is the tendency for many organisations to quickly join any process improvement bandwagon hoping for

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What will your supply chains resemble in ten years’ time? Part 2

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If an organisation wants to be competitive in the next decade, let alone a significant market participant, then its supply chains had better evolve.

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Improving supply chain processes and activity steps through Process Mapping

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This month, SmartProcurement editorial board member, Dr. Douglas Boateng (FIoD, FCILT, FCMI, FIBC, FIOM), CEO of PanAvest International, discusses the application of process mapping to improve the performance of supply chain processes. “Often process improvements and fast responses to processes come from understanding what actually happens in practice. Process mapping is a technique that raises

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What will your supply chains resemble in ten years’ time?

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If they are still operating in the same way as they are today, you will probably not be competitive, let alone a significant market participant! Researchers have proposed seven key strategies for success in the future. Organisations that aspire to be commanding forces in their industries in the next ten years will have to consider

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Historic culture can lead to Public Sector Procurement fraud – 5 tips for reducing fraud

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The allegiances formed during South Africa’s troubled political history are still influencing the country’s supply chain processes. This was one of the issues highlighted during a panel discussion on SCM fraud prevention at SmartProcurement’s 2009 Public Sector Supply Chain Management Summit. A historic culture of honouring, through business activities, the camaraderie formed during the country’s

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Managing risk in corporate and supply chain strategy

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During uncertain times, directors’ focus must be on managing risk in corporate and supply chain strategy, Dr Douglas Boateng (FIoD, FCILT, FCMI, FIBC, FIOM), tells SmartProcurement. The last twelve months have seen unprecedented changes in the global economy never before witnessed in the modern era. For the first time in decades, some of the best

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