The demand-driven supply chain

from expresscomputeronline.com

Indian businesses are under pressure, and their linear model of pushing products into the market has gaps. They are therefore looking at a demand-driven supply chain that helps them collaborate with suppliers to solve their supply chain blues, says Akhtar Pasha.

Unauthorised spending tops millions in Gauteng

from businessday.co.za

“Departments are misusing supply chain management legislation that allows them to avoid the tendering process by arguing it was urgent,” Seloane said.

South African firms ‘losing out’ in procurement

from mikrofax.com

Procurement among South African businesses is not what it should be, according to the national strategic sourcing manager at MWEB CommerceZone, as firms fail to take advantage of technology such as purchasing software.

Wayne van Deventer has claimed that procurement practices are relatively lax in the country with many companies not keeping an accurate log of the intricacies of their daily purchases which is losing them money in the long term.

Sterling Commerce buys Comergent

from mcsolutions.co.uk

Sterling Commerce buys Comergent to unify manufacturing supply chain order management

Inter-business integration software company Sterling Commerce is to acquire e-business software developer Comergent Technologies for $155 million in cash.

The company says that facilities for managing order capture and fulfilment across systems, sites, companies and countries that its successfully implemented for retail supply chains will now be extended to manufacturing supply chains across industries.