In 2015, a primary focus should be on data. That’s the key to unlocking the supply chain challenges facing the industry. The supply chain trends we’ve seen over the past couple years will continue including provider and supplier consolidation ...read more

South African shares were led higher by the mining sector on Friday and the market looked set to make further gains in coming sessions after the government slashed fuel prices. ...read more

Namibia Power Corporation, the state-owned utility planning a $300 million gas-fired electricity plant venture, says construction will start before mid year. ...read more

In the Request for Qualifications and Proposals (RFP) issued in relation to the Coal Baseload IPP Procurement Programme, the Department of Energy (DoE) recognises that, at any bid submission date, bidders may not have all of the necessary appointments ...read more

Gauteng will spend more than R94-billion on both social and economic infrastructure projects over the next three years, Finance MEC Barbara Creecy said on Wednesday. ...read more

CPOs around the world may have some sleepless nights in 2015 as they defend themselves and their companies against powerful disruptive forces. In the true spirit of social media, I’ll highlight just five of these disruptive forces and have created ...read more

On the business software company's acquisition strategy, its five-year plan to win, and why IBM isn't a frenemy. Last week SAP, which supplies software that helps run the finances and operations of tens of thousands of companies, announced its ...read more

In our latest 2015 Trend Report, we surveyed CPOs around the world to understand their strategic intentions for the next twelve months. Will procurement headcount increase or not? And, what about procurement technology, and risk management? ...read more

After years of talk, the port at Saldanha Bay is set finally to benefit from investment that will allow SA to participate and contribute more meaningfully in the oil and gas sector. The Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) on Monday announced infrastructure ...read more

Frequent visitors to CPO Rising will know that the complex category of business travel has increasingly become a bigger line-item at the average enterprise. In fact, the current business travel industry has not seen this level of growth since long before ...read more

Over the past few years, we have witnessed an ever-growing trend, in which large FMCG brands attempt to generate savings through aggressive procurement policies. In the marketing industry, this means 'pitching out' design projects to as many agencies ...read more

We rightly celebrate examples of high ethical standards in procurement and supply chain and rightly criticize apparent lack of such standards as well. There is plenty to celebrate today, but unfortunately also plenty to criticize. Successful ...read more

Let’s face it, despite its 20-year heritage, e-Procurement has gone no further into the enterprise than stationery and other indirect categories in most organisations. Automating the complex purchasing processes for direct materials has remained ...read more

Nowadays IT procurement is not simply managing the vendor relationship, but it includes the pursuit of the business value behind any investment. Ensure that any service agreement and goods is properly attached to the right business value, If it is only ...read more

The Gauteng Provincial Treasury and the Department of Roads and Transport on Wednesday revealed the names of the 12 bidders for the Cedar road upgrade tender, which formed part of the province’s open tender pilot project. ...read more

Over one thousand small businesses received a boost in the last financial year by tapping into over R2-billion in the South African Road Agency’s (Sanral) procurement spend. Sanral is a statutory company which finances, manages and maintains the country ...read more

Over one thousand small businesses received a boost in the last financial year by tapping into over R2-billion in the South African Road Agency’s (Sanral) procurement spend. Sanral is a statutory company which finances, manages and maintains the ...read more

South Africa remains open for business and is an attractive destination for investments despite the current energy challenges , says President Jacob Zuma. Addressing a business delegation at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos Switzerland, the President ...read more

Do you believe that your suppliers think it is worth the time and effort to bring you the innovations you are looking for to grow your business in a sustainable way? Procurement can be a key driver if the right resources, processes, incentives and metrics ...read more

Despite an array of challenges ranging from labour volatility, a weakened currency and unpredictable policy, South Africa continues to lure international investment to its various renewable-energy projects, global solar group Talesun Energy VP Arthur ...read more

The biggest story in the energy sector has to be the 30% decline in oil prices since June to a level not seen since the global recession cut a whopping 6% from global consumption back in 2009. Derik Andreoli, Ph.D.c., senior analyst at Mercator International ...read more

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its 2015 growth forecasts for commodity exporters, including South Africa, saying the projected growth rebound for commodity-exporting developing countries will be weaker than had been forecast in the ...read more

A study by Piper Jaffray revealed that cyber security is now the top spending priority of CIOs. So what’s procurement role in protecting against such attacks on businesses? The year 2014 ended with news of a major cyber attack at Sony Pictures ...read more

ALARMING allegations of fraud, empowerment fronting and nepotism in Anglo American's 77%-owned platinum arm, Amplats, have emerged, sparking a full-blown forensic probe. Questions raised by Business Times after examining documents between a top ...read more

Two senior officials of the Royal Bafokeng Nation have been suspended over suspected tender irregularities amounting to R46-million ...read more