Major scope to Leverage Volumes purchased in the SA Public Sector
Priority Procurement issues for the new South African Government to address – if they aren’t addressing them already – must be how to organise public sector procurement so that it can deliver the budget balancing procurement savings they so urgently need, and to then measure whether Procurement is delivering the promised, more competitive prices on an ‘audit proof’ on-going basis, Wally Johnson, Chairperson of Purchasing Index UK (and keynote speaker at the Public Sector Supply Chain Summit in August 2009), tells SmartProcurement.
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Strategic sourcing offers the public sector a guiding hand
Strategic sourcing has become best practice in procurement management and makes good business sense for meeting the State’s ongoing commitment to taxpayers, Estelle van Rooyen, Director of Compliance, Contract Management in Specialist Functions for National Treasury, told SmartProcurement.
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Leadership Profile: Nathanael Siljeur of Rio Tinto
This month SmartProcurement profiles Nathanael Siljeur from Rio Tinto AfricaFull name: Nathanael Siljeur.
Position: Leader Service Delivery Management: Africa Continent.
Your organisations’ procurement expenditure: ± R6,5-billion (Africa).
Who does P & SM report to: MD of Rio Tinto Procurement (Global).
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New Expenditure Analysis tools empower procurement, increase savings
A new generation of expenditure analysis tools offers a route that procurement departments can follow to help their organisations avoid laying-off staff , Alan Low, Managing Director of Purchasing Index, tells SmartProcurement.
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Green Procurement: Material flows and logistics in 'cradle-to-cradle' approach essential
Discussion presented at the Environmental Trade Show and Conference.
Cradle-to-cradle thinking, which suggests that everything created by humankind can contribute positively to the environment and the economy, may be one of the next movements to influence the future of supply chain management (SCM).
ABSA scoops IPSA Award - 'Best Process Improvement'
An Absa project, The Absa Purchasing Hub, has been acclaimed at the recent Institute of Purchasing and Supply South Africa (IPSA) awards dinner in the category of ‘Best Process improvement’.
'BEST PROCESS IMPROVEMENT'
Absa Purchasing Hub project owner Peter Alkema (right), and project superviser Junaid Nomani (left) at the awards evening
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BBBEE: Generic Codes vs Sector Codes of good practice
The recent gazetting of the Toursim, Construction and Forestry Codes in terms of section 9(1) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act, 53 of 2003, has already lead to some concerns as to the application of these codes and their status vis a vis the generic Codes of Good Practice on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (“the Codes”) contained in Codes 000 to 800.
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The value for money approach to public sector procurement
Second peer review: The law of Government Procurement in South Africa
Isac Smith, Director Supply Chain Management, Department of Health, Provincial Government Western Cape, and speaker at the upcoming Supply Chain Management Summit, offers his comments in the second of his review series of Prof. Pheobe Bolton’s legal work, ‘The Law of Government Procurement in South Africa’.
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Quadrem Africa receives top award at annual IPSA/CIPS Pan Africa Conference
Global provider of e-Procurement and Supply Management Solutions, Quadrem, has announced that it received the top award for the Best Public Sector Procurement Project at the Institute of Purchasing and Supply South Africa and Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply’s Annual Pan Africa Conference in Johannesburg.IPSA WIN
Karen Van Vuuren, IPSA Chair of Board of Directors, Catherine Hills, Client Services Director at Quadrem Africa and Deon Mocke, Vice President Quadrem Africa.
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Current recruitment innovations under discussion at industry update-breakfast
"A multitude of external forces will reshape markets, products and industries over the next decade. To survive, Companies will have to rethink and revamp their business strategies in order to anticipate, react to and take advantage of these forces," predicts a recent research report released by CAPS, The ISM (USA) and AT Kearney.
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Containing fleet management costs critical
Proper management of an organisation’s fleet is critical to control fleet costs in today’s economic environment, Ashleigh Young, General Manager of Fleetcube, tells SmartProcurement.
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Results: 3rd Annual Supply Chain Educator Excellence Awards
“Get them toi-toing for continuous learning...”
South Africa’s trade unions and civil servants should be striking for greater involvement in continuous learning. This will help South Africa overcome its skill chasm far better than demands for State-crippling wage increases, said Ken Titmuss, SAPICS past president and vice chairperson.
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Major scope to Leverage Volumes purchased in the SA Public Sector Jul 1, 2009Strategic sourcing offers the public sector a guiding hand Jul 1, 2009
Leadership Profile: Nathanael Siljeur of Rio Tinto Jul 1, 2009
New Expenditure Analysis tools empower procurement, increase savings Jul 1, 2009
Green Procurement: Material flows and logistics in 'cradle-to-cradle' approach essential Jul 1, 2009
ABSA scoops IPSA Award - 'Best Process Improvement' Jul 1, 2009
BBBEE: Generic Codes vs Sector Codes of good practice Jul 1, 2009
The value for money approach to public sector procurement Jul 1, 2009
Quadrem Africa receives top award at annual IPSA/CIPS Pan Africa Conference Jul 1, 2009
Current recruitment innovations under discussion at industry update-breakfast Jul 1, 2009
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Results: 3rd Annual Supply Chain Educator Excellence Awards
“Get them toi-toing for continuous learning...”South Africa’s trade unions and civil servants should be striking for greater involvement in continuous
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Major scope to Leverage Volumes purchased in the SA Public Sector
Priority Procurement issues for the new South African Government to address – if they aren’t addressing them already – must be how to organise public sector procurement so that it
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Containing fleet management costs critical
Proper management of an organisation’s fleet is critical to control fleet costs in today’s economic environment, Ashleigh Young, General Manager of Fleetcube, tells SmartProcurement.
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April 19, 2006
Printer, Fax and Photocopier Rentals: What clauses to look out for!
Most organisations finance their office automation equipment due to the associated high capital commitments. The problem here is that if there are issues with the equipment the corporate company cannot hold back payments or force the issue of replacement because the financial instrument still has to be paid to someone else, regardless of performance... By Billy Bell of Bell Output Strategies.
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