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Dear Client,
The September 2017 edition of the Bespoke Procurement Bulletin features an insightful interview with procurement leader Sanet Shepperson (from telecoms player Cell C), as well as an examination of the IACCM's fifth contracting pitfall. Our guest writers also offer practical tips for effective expediting and best practice in logisitcs contract management, while our soft skills piece explores motivating staff under tough performance conditions. Our round-up of the top forthcoming events and recent industry news is also included.
Enjoy the read!
Publishing Editor | Andrew C. Hillman | Bespoke Group
Procurement leadership interview: Cell C’s Sanet Shepperson
Essential tips for contract management in logistics
Contracting pitfall No 5: Times are changing, why aren’t you?
The practicalities of effective expediting
Can you put the spring back into non-performer’s steps?
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Procurement leadership interview: Cell C’s Sanet Shepperson
Procurement leadership, interview, professional development, digital, transformation
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| Sanet Shepperson holds the role of property and procurement executive at telecoms service provider Cell C. With over 15 years of procurement experience and an MCIPS under her belt, Sanet has a wealth of experience in the field. Today she’s putting these skills to good use with a broader team at Cell C. “We are currently digitally transforming procurement, and looking at using IoT technology in the facilities area to increase transparency, effectiveness and efficiency,” she explains. Read More.
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Essential tips for contract management in logistics
Contract management, logistics, top tips, risk management
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| In contract management in logistics, it is vital to include the key objectives. The benefits are that the contract is workable, favourable, avoids risk for all parties and meets the criteria for why the contract is in place. It also helps to avoid key challenges in advance. Here are some essential tips. Read More.
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Contracting pitfall No 5: Times are changing, why aren’t you?
Contracting pitfalls, research, agility, disruption, contract management
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| Albert Einstein famously remarked that “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”. A corollary of this is that doing things the same way, when your environment has dramatically changed, is unlikely to be best practice. It is this failure to adapt to the environment that IACCM identifies as its fifth biggest pitfall in contract management. Read More.
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The practicalities of effective expediting
Supply chain, expediting, procurement, strategic intervention
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| The rapidly changing marketplace, together with the increasing complexity of contemporary projects, makes it more likely that project activities will have uncertain durations, which means that there will generally be a low probability of on-time delivery. As a result, project control that aims to track the project performance and to expedite the relevant activities when necessary has become the main aspect in project management. Read More. |
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Can you put the spring back into non-performer’s steps?
Soft skills, leadershiop, motivating others, performance management, positive environment
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| Yes, you can! One of the biggest challenges we all face when putting an employee on performance management is preventing them from becoming demotivated. The idea behind performance management is to help employees ‘pull up their socks’ and put a spring back in their step, but very often the opposite happens. And if not handled correctly, performance can actually get worse, and demotivated employees can spread their negativity and low morale around and affect other members of your team. Read More.
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| South African rand likely to weaken on expectations for rating cuts
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| South Africa's rand is forecast to be 7% weaker in 12 months on expectations credit agencies will cut the local- currency debt rating to "junk" status, ejecting it from crucial bond indexes, a Reuters poll found. Read More.
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| New Transnet, DBSA finance scheme set up to support African rail exports
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| State-owned entities Transnet and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) have agreed to create a new facility that will extend favourable financing to African and Middle Eastern buyers of Transnet Engineering’s (TE’s) rail rolling stock and port equipment. Read More.
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| Tanzania: Drone Project to Deliver Medicines Across Country
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| Dar es Salaam — Over 1000 health facilities in ten regions are expected to benefit from a project to deliver medical supplies through using drones, as the government signs agreement with Zipline company. Read More.
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| Zuma signs Financial Sector Regulation Act into law
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| President Jacob Zuma signed the Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017 into law, the Presidency said on Monday. Read More. |
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| 37th SADC summit opens with call to improve trade
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| The 37th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Head of States and Government summit officially opened in South Africa on last month with a commitment to improve cooperation, boost trade and address infrastructure backlogs in the region. Read More.
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| Still much uncertainty as LPG stakeholders grapple with market inquiry findings
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| In the findings and recommendations of the first-ever market inquiry into the local liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) industry, the Competition Commission urges public and private organisations to improve performance in the sector, yet much uncertainty remains in the wake of the report’s publication. Read More.
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| New Brics bank plans $1.5bn lending for South African projects
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| The New Development Bank (NDB) set up by the Brics group of emerging economies plans to lend $1.5-billion to South Africa for infrastructure projects over the next eighteen months. Read More.
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| Business leaders facing the wave of digital transformation
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| Business leaders are urgently trying to keep pace with the surging pace of digital transformation globally. Read More.
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| Business encouraged to adhere to policies
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| Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, has encouraged service providers who want to do business with government to adhere to all relevant policies. Read More.
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| Unisa SBL professor appointed Ghana PPA chairperson, to aid in supply chain management
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| The University of South Africa (Unisa) Graduate School of Business Leadership’s (SBL’s) first-ever professor extraordinaire for supply and value chain management in Africa Professor Douglas Boateng has been appointed independent chairperson of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) by Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo. Read More.
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Publishing Editor: Andrew C. Hillman | Contributing Editor: Kate Ferreira
Bespoke Sourcing Solutions (Pty) Ltd | PO Box 69042, Bryanston 2021, Gauteng, South Africa
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