Monthly Archives: August 2011

This assignment was undertaken for an off-shore service organisation. There was no purchasing involvement in the award of any facilities management contracts. No policies, approved systems or Corporate procedures existed, despite internal audits having taken place. A complete review was undertaken which revealed maintenance payments being paid for buildings and assets that no longer existed, […]

This cost modeling was conducted on a range of engineering items including complex castings and forgings. This required a full Bill of Materials to be costed, including the raw material cost drivers, use of energy in the melting process, labour costs, machining, quality testing, shipping, overheads and profit. The product cost was divorced from the […]

This was a public sector assignment involving the outsourcing of back-office services, including, ICT, Human Relations, Property & Asset Management, Highways Maintenance, Revenues & Benefits and Customer Contact Centres. The complexity of the procurement and the intention to award a long-term contract of not less than 10 years meant that full cost driver exposure was […]

This assignment was prompted by the appointment of a Group Purchasing Executive, the first in the history of an organisation operating in quite distinct trading Divisions. There were key locations in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban. The Metrics were applied to the purchasing teams engaged in facilities management, marketing, security, catering, refurbishment projects and Corporate […]

This assignment was prompted by the merger of two large utilities in the electricity generation and distribution market. The Metrics were applied to the newly integrated procurement team. The output identified four critical areas requiring learning and development and then the application of world-class procurement practices. These areas were international procurement, cost and price modeling, […]