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PURCHASING MANAGER™: A NO RISK, FIRST STEP INTO E-PROCUREMENT

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RS Components, a global distributor of industrial products has launched Purchasing Manager, an e-Procurement system that enables procurement departments to monitor buying behaviour; allocate authority levels and control spend; manage work-flow and draw reports. Lutz Otto, National Marketing & Sales Manager, at “High Service Level Distributor” RS Components tells Smart Procurement that Purchasing Manager, is an […]

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PC Price Trends, Recruitment Agency commissions, Courier pricing

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Vista is pushing up PC prices, recruitment agency commissions vary by as much as 100% and Couriers are overcharging for overnight services. Alan Low of Purchasing Index provided Smart Procurement with a few nuggets from PI’s latest research.

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Blind procurement professionals trying to control naughty end users when its too late…

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Every one knows that controlling the inputs into the supply chain via the Procurement process is key for creating sustainable business success, says James Yates, COO at Cutting Edge Commerce. “Recent reports in the press relating to unauthorized procurement and irregular sourcing activities in all sizes of organizations, both in the public and private sector

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Supplier Relationship E- Management launched

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One of the pillars of Strategic Sourcing is SRM (Supplier relationship management) – which is in this context, is process for building and management of enduring and sustainable supplier relationships. The delivery of quality products/ services on time every time at the right price is usually the result of a particularly sound relationship between the

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Making the most of Supply Market Intelligence Information

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“Most procurement departments have have to deliver savings on an ever-increasing portfolio of goods and services with too few skilled resources,” says Alan Low, MD of procurement benchmarking service Purchasing Index (PI). “Compounding the problem of time is the culture of consensus which results in a high number of daily meetings and workshops.” He tells

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Only 1 in 10 procurement professionals can extract critical information

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“Most World Class Organisations have realised that procurement is a key component for sustainable business success.” James Yates, COO of Cutting Edge Commerce tells Smart Procurement. However, the lack of visibility into accurate and complete transaction data is hampering company performance. Usually, large companies commission an outsourced service provider to develop a solution which

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SEARCHLIGHT points the way for Omnia’s Group Procurement Initiative

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To realise its collective procurement power, the Omnia Group recently introduced SEARCHLIGHT Description Based Spend Analysis software, a product distributed by CCI-Growthcon. The implementation of the software follows after Omnia had identified an opportunity to get better deals from suppliers in terms of service and price by setting up Group contracts for certain commodities.

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Local procurement intelligence provider does global deal

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New York based Information Builders (IB), a supplier of business intelligence solutions and Pretoria based Cutting Edge Commerce (CEC) have announced a worldwide partnership that will see CEC’s pre-packaged procurement and supply chain reporting solution be made available globally for multiple ERP systems including SAP, Oracle, J.D. Edwards, PeopleSoft, Baan, Lawson, Sage Accpac and 1C.

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Does aggregation really lead to lower prices?

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The idea that greater purchasing power delivers lower prices may be accepted wisdom in procurement circles, but it doesn’t always add up writes Alan Low, MD of Purchasing Index. The simple fact is that the “Viking” (volume is king) model, applied ad infinitum to B2B and B2G Purchasing, has not delivered consistently better prices than

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SmartTelephony – The costs of business communications are in steady decline

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The world of Business Communications has fast become the focal point of several converging technologies that are racing to fill the worldwide need for cost efficiency and higher productivity. Piet Henning, a communications expert told delegates at a recent Smart Procurement breakfast that: “South Africa is an anomaly in that it is required to serve

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