As procurement becomes more digital, companies must be able to find value in their supply chain processes. The good news is that there are plenty of ways to do this, as this article from Dooka South Africa demonstrates. The supply chain has always been a process that businesses have had to navigate. It’s a necessity […]
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Successful supply chain management is much more than keeping track of shipping records, emphasises Kate Vitasek, Washington State-based author, educator and architect of the Vested® business model for highly collaborative relationships at Tennessee University. In this article, provided courtesy of Forbes, Kate highlights three key terms that are essential for any company, but are often
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Innovating your supply chain process with a procurement marketplace is no longer optional, it is essential. In this article provided by Dooka South Africa, the case for digitisation in supply chain is shown to be irrefutable. The business world is often slow to warm to new ideas, especially when they disrupt processes that have existed
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Never before has such a staggering amount of data been available to procurement specialists, says Jaishiela Rajput, founder and CEO of a leading green economy value chain consultancy in South Africa. But, she explains to SmartProcurement, it can be overwhelming to determine what’s relevant for your supply chain and how to navigate the big data
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If you want to know what your peers in procurement in South Africa are thinking, look no further. Oxalys has released its 2022 South Africa Procurement Survey – Growing Procurement Maturity through Digitally-enabled Collaboration, published in conjunction with CIPS and SmartProcurementWorld. Download Report Now
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Can Artificial Intelligence be an unexpected ally for procurement and supply chain in Africa? Prof Johan Steyn, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) enthusiast aimed to answer that question for us at the recent SPW Indaba 2022. Digitisation and AI applications have been developed in the USA and Asia and are not always relevant to African markets,
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The acronym VUCA has been around for a while and is particularly relevant to those of us who are aiming to survive and thrive in the procurement world. Discussing this at the Smart Procurement World Indaba 2022 were panel members Deon Mocke, Chief Procurement Officer AVI Ltd; Melita Ntsane, Head of Procurement, CBRE; and Jeannine
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One of the most common assumptions made by large enterprises is that having a digital purchasing system means they have unlocked all the potential value in their procurement process and they do not need access to a B2B marketplace. You have a digital procurement process, but you’re not seeing the value you expected. What now?
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Travel and Procurement professionals rely on accurate, timely and reliable data to make good business decisions and to run a successfully managed travel programme, but achieving this is easier said than done. Here SmartProcurement News publishes an article by MD and Senior Vice President of Wings Travel Management in South Africa, Kevin Lomax, in which
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MTN, Africa’s largest mobile network operator, has a complex supply chain serving its customers in 19 countries across Africa and the Middle East that is managed by its Global Sourcing and Supply Chain (GSSC) division. MTN has recently embarked on “Procurement 4.0” an initiative leveraging digital procurement models to redesign traditional processes. Andrew Savage, Global
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