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B2B and B2G Supplier Pricing Strategies

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

Leave a Comment / Procurement Strategy, Supply Chain Management SCM, Technology / Editor

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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Leads and tenders bulletin next level in procurement links

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Technology can be developed and configured to accommodate ever-changing legislation, but is ineffective in isolation when not supported by services, Catherine Hills, Client Services Director for Quadrem Africa, tells SmartProcurement. Referring to Supplier Enablement (SE) technology services, which link buyers and suppliers, Hills says that without a comprehensive service provision, organisations will not be equipped

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World Class Operational Procurement Powered by Technology

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The contract is signed, months of negotiation are concluded, the supplier is already paying performance incentives and the sourcing managers are going home for their first decent night’s rest in a long time. Is the hard work over? Doubtful, says Peter Alkema, Head of CAO OPS Absa, in this month’s SmartProcurement. “Typically this is just

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PC benchmark – ‘The R / $ conundrum’

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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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Professional development and procurement training road show comes to Gauteng

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Tomorrow’s supply management professionals will be charged with developing and executing value creation strategies that find new value in the supply base, deliver value as quickly as possible within the cost parameters defined by the demand market and maximise the return to the company. To accomplish this they will need to find and leverage external

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SCM Summit feedback: Intelligent databases further Preferential Procurement

Supplier Directories, Supplier Relationship Management Systems, Supplier Selection, Technology / Editor

Technology is an effective support for Preferential Procurement Policy implementation and compliancy, Catherine Hills, Client Services Director for Quadrem Africa, told SmartProcurement.

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World-Class Operational Procurement Powered by Technology

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Case Study – Using SAP SRM at ABSA The ability to manage supplier relationships has never been more important. The necessity for governance and control over expenditure with suppliers is simply not up for debate any more, Peter Alkema, Head of CAO OPS Absa, tells SmartProcurement.

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Transaction switching – managing electronic transactions between buyer and supplier communities

Leave a Comment / Supplier Directories, Supplier Relationship Management Systems / Editor

A complete e-Procurement and Supplier Network solution enables purchasing organisations to make contracts operational through contract catalogues and to manage transactional exchanges between an organisation and its suppliers, Catherine Hills, Client Services Director at Quadrem, told SmartProcurement. An e-Procurement solution offers a path to productivity improvements and cost savings with regard to the procure-to-pay (P2P)

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Banks are just another supplier

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An organisation’s banking partner should be dealt with like any strategic supplier, Julian Curtiss, MD of Transaction Technology Solutions, tells SmartProcurement. “Maybe I’m missing a point somewhere, but the more I think about it, the more I feel that banks are highly overrated. Aristotle wrote: “it is the mark of an educated mind to be

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