Do you understand how effective your recruitment rates are in the wider context of the recruitment process? In this month’s SmartProcurement Karen van Staden of Purchasing Index (PI) asks how important is it for organisations to understand the wider context in which recruitment operates? “The skills shortage in South Africa has been acknowledged by Government […]
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Alan Low of Purchasing Index (PI) tells SmartProcurement that the world of commerce is an ever more challenging place for Procurement professionals: • Senior management is recognising Procurement professionals’ contributions within organisations, with the result that procurement is asked to procure more commodities, such as marketing and IT. • They have to market themselves and
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South Africa’s gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) – a reliable indicator of investment in logistics infrastructure – as a percentage of GDP decreased from an average of 25% in 1970-1989 to 16% in 1990-2008, which highlights the economic roots of South Africa’s long-term infrastructure challenges, the Supply Chain Foresight Survey 2011 reported at its results
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Most South African organisations have only just started recruiting new staff after an employment freeze for the last 18 to 24 months. Purchasing Index (PI) tells SmartProcurement that many may have been lulled into a false sense of safety that the skills base in South Africa is relatively robust. PI has analysed data available from
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Alan Low, of Purchasing Index (PI), tells SmartProcurement what managers should be asking when they review the marketplace and choose an expenditure modeling solution for their business. “As I write this article a double dip recession in the USA and parts of Europe hangs in the balance and the recent memory of 2008/9 sits in
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A newly launched service by Purchasing Index allows Procurement practitioners to create instantaneous reports in many highly visual formats at the touch of a button. It empowers users to interrogate information instantly and to agree and take immediate action.
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At the dawning of the next decade and as the recession in South Africa begins to gradually fade away, many organizations may tentatively consider appointing more staff. The recruitment market changed from a scarcity of skills on the open market in early 2008 into a relative glut during 2009, with many people sitting tight in
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Reducing Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) has become a priority for South African business and the Government.What role will procurement professionals play in this regard? The following graph shows the various scenarios of the changes to the volume of SA’s GHG emissions. At the Climate Change Summit earlier in 2009, consensus between industry and government included the
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The attractive deals posed by product consolidating vendor/distributors (e.g. Office Supplies and Catering Products) can be just as deceptive as supermarket’s ‘buyonegetonefree’ (BOGOF) pricing, says Wally Johnson, Chairman of Purchasing Index UK, in this month’s SmartProcurement. Awareness of supermarket pricing practices “Stimulated by the growing focus of television and newspaper content on the tricks of
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SmartProcurement is pleased to bring you the newly published edition of the Purchasing Index (PI) Newsletter for Procurement Professionals. ‘Back to the future’ – technology edition “Every user preference has a commercial consequence.” In this quarter’s edition: PC BENCHMARK – ‘The R / $ conundrum’ CELLPHONES – ‘To VOIP or not to VOIP’ Click on
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