DIVERSITY IN YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN
B-BBEE & ESD CONSULTING
- Supplier Diversity Strategy Formulation & Implementation
- ESD and Procurement
- Sourcing transact-ready small businesses
- Developing and growing small businesses
- Facilitating business linkages
SPEND MANAGEMENT
SPEND ANALYSIS
- Data Mining
- Supplier Segmentation
- Gap Analysis
- Business Demand Forecast
SUPPLIER UTILISATION
- RFP Integration
- 2nd Tier Spend Facilitation
- Tender Demystification
SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT
- Supplier Education
- Buyer & Stakeholder Education
- Supplier Capacity Improvement
- Supplier Performance Management
- Supplier Development Program Cost Reductions
- Procurement Events & Meet the Buyer Events
- Matching Making Sessions
- Supplier Awards & Recognition
SUPPLIER DIVERSITY
STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT WITH...
- Increase of Diverse Suppliers
- Supplier Vetting & Qualification
- Supplier Site Visits & Business Readiness
- Trade Shows / Expos
- Spend Direction
- Supply of a Pool of Diverse Suppliers
EMBEDDING SUPPLIER DIVERSITY
We provide strategic, tactical and operational support to organisations to embed Supplier Diversity through Enterprise & Supplier Development as a supply chain intervention that leads to the following benefits:
- Increased Sales Revenues – More Customers – Greater Market share – Increased profitability & shareholder value
- Transformation shift towards the demographics of South Africa
- SD/ ED aligned to mainstream procurement activity
- Access the Buying Power of Diverse Consumers / Suppliers
- Meetiing of B-BBEE Targets
- Access to a pool of transact EME & QSE Suppliers
“As we expand we need to ask ourselves who our suppliers of the future will be and how can we develop our suppliers to partner with us and to maintain relevance in the future.”
Our ESD and implementation consists of all the activities involved in improving a supplier`s performance and/or expanding their capabilities in order to meet a company’s supply and service needs.
Ensuring that beneficiaries (Black Suppliers and SMME’s) are well equipped and prepared to supply opportunities within organizations and be relevant to the global economy.
ABOUT THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATE
The Business Associate is an Enterprise & Supplier Development (ESD) organization established in 2006.
Our aim is to facilitate both demand-side and supplyside interventions to create a more INTEGRATED & INCLUSIVE South African economy.