Conference Day 1
Tuesday, 13 September 2022
08h45
Welcome From MC
08h55
Welcome from CESA
Bernie van Niekerk, Editor and Chief Executive Officer, Commerce Edge South Africa
09h00
OPENING
09h10
OPENING KEYNOTE | Glocalised Procurement – What it Means!
With economic growth and business strategies now influenced by global events, how can procurement (tasked with implementing local content) embrace the new paradigm of implementing successful glocalised business strategies?
09h40
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM | The Equation of Success
- TALK 1: The formula to get Globalisation and Localisation right
- TALK 2: The Journey From Global to Glocal – What it Really Takes to Implement a Glocal Strategy
- TALK 3: Glocal Workforces – The Future of your Sourcing Strategy
10h40
SUCCESS STORY | Procurement Stories From Glocalised Industries
How do you determine the right balance between global and local sourcing?
What are the pros and cons of implementing a glocalised economy for developing countries?
What factors should be used as determinants in allocating global?
What lessons can we learn from glocalised industries about the importance of a glocal economy?
11h10 | MID MORNING-BREAK
12h00
CAMPFIRE SESSION | The “lities” That Will Minimise VUCA
All businesses are operating in a VUCA world – Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. In all this, procurement remains key to ensuring supply and continued business operations. What strategies in the “lity” categories should CPOs prioritise? How can procurement build better lines of defence in anticipation for VUCA? It’s not paranoia if the threat is real.
13h00
INTROSPECTION | Opportunities Procurement Missed During COVID-19 – But, It’s Not Too Late
It is time to build a future-ready sourcing and procurement function – accelerate Value Capture and Spend Analytics
13h30 | LUNCH BREAK
PUBLIC SECTOR SUPPLY CHAIN SUMMIT
CORPORATE SOURCING AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR SUPPLY CHAIN SUMMIT
14h30
THEME PANEL DISCUSSION – Combining Global and Local Procurement in Public Sector
How should the ideal glocal model work in public sector?
Can glocal be an enabler of local economic development?
15h10
PRESENTATION | Ensuring Protection of Whistleblowers
South Africa has various pieces of legislation and regulatory policy documents that cover corruption and encourage whistleblowing. Yet, whistleblowers continue to be victimised.
How can organisation ensure that whistleblowers are protected as intended by legislation?
15h50
PROVINCIAL CASE STUDY | Dealing With Political Pressure on SCM Employees
An exploration of threats and challenges experienced by supply chain practitioners in South Africa and how to mitigate the risk of being a victim of political pressure
15h40
THE INVESTIGATORS | Let’s Talk About the “”F”” Word
The SIU is investigating PPE fraud to the value of nearly R15 billion. This represents a staggering 11% of the nearly R139 billion that the government has spent on personal protective equipment.
What should be done to stop blatant corruption?
CORPORATE SOURCING AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT
14h30
THEME DEBATE | The Truth of Trends – The Real Value of Glocal Supply Chain
COVID-19, CHINA-US Trade war, RUSSIA-UKRAINE CRISIS
Has globalisation gone too far and inadvertently damaged the security of supply?
How does a global supply chain compare to a glocal one?
How can you make a glocalised supply chain work in South Africa, where localisation is an instrumental strategy for economic development?
What practical challenges and constraints do organisations in the private sector face in responding to the glocalisation call of action?
15h10
PANEL DISCUSSION | What is the Post-Pandemic Procurement Value Proposition?
Why is there a need for CPOs to sell a better post-pandemic procurement value proposition?
How can procurement regroup and become part of the wider business planning?
What critical business metrics should procurement grasp now to make post-pandemic strategies a reality and a success?
15h50
PRESENTATION | Recalibrating Cost-Saving Targets Through Value-Creation Strategies
How to close the gap between cost-saving targets and actually achieving and making them stick?
15h40
PANEL DISCUSSION | Unlocking New Opportunities in Supplier Partnerships and Joint Innovations
Closer relationships between buyers and suppliers could create significant value and help supply chains become more resilient.
What are the new opportunities for procurement that supplier partnerships and joint innovations can bring to the table?
16h30
Official expo opening l Networking cocktail function
Conference Day 2
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
09h00
Welcome From MC
09h10
AFRO-OPTIMISM | The Glocalisation of Africa – Just What Africa Need to Bounce Back!
09h40
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION | Procurement’s Big Reset
A B2B marketplace for Africa – how African companies are leading the world in reimagining indirect procurement
10h10
GLOCALISED SMMEs | What formula Works for Small Businesses
How should SMMEs be positioned and developed for a glocal economy?
10h40
#StateCaptureReport | Supply Chain Repercussions from the Zondo Commission
Don’t be the next SCM professional on a Commission! Get versed with the report and demonstrate proactiveness in implementing Zondo Recommendations
11h10 | COMFORT BREAK
PUBLIC SECTOR SUPPLY CHAIN SUMMIT
CORPORATE SOURCING AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR SUPPLY CHAIN SUMMIT
12h00
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT | Capacity Building Initiatives
This case study driven panel discussion will showcase real life training and capacity building initiatives across South Africa and shares success stories on how to elaborate a public sector procurement capacity development strategy.
12h30
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAW | The Administrative Law Love Triangle
Unpacking the complex interplay between the PAJA, the Constitution and the common law and the implications on public procurement
13h00
LEGAL UPDATE | PPPFA – Quick Follow Up on ConCourt Judgement 2021
In a judgment delivered by the Supreme Court of Appeal in 2020, the 2017 regulations (“Regulations”) to the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, 2000 (“PPPFA”), were declared invalid. The Finance Minister has lost the apeal almost a year on.
Are practitioners stuck in limbo?
CORPORATE SOURCING AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT
12h00
PRESENTATION | How to Plug-In ESG and Sustainability Initiatives In Your Overal Procurement Strategy
What is the secret equation to marry ESG, procurement and sustainability together (without the possibility of divorce?) and can procurement be the marriage officer?
12h30
PRESENTATION | Procurement Tools to Improve Budget and Spend Oversight
What tools are available to assist you to improve your budget and spend analysis and promoting your procurement function to the premier league?
13h00
PRESENTATION | Leveraging Risk, The New Procurement Opportunity
Procurement should be risk aware, not risk wary and learn the art of balancing risks with opportunities in procurement. Learn how to rank your own risk and develop your own unique mitigation plan. Avoid a nasty surprise!
13h30 | LUNCH BREAK
14h20
ACTION PANEL | Glocalised Procurement – The Only Way to Change the World
- Where are the real procurement opportunities?
- How do you sell the glocal agenda to your internal stakeholders?
- How do you balance global and local sourcing and sustainability?
- What factors determine the sourcing allocation?
15h30
THE IMPROMPTU | Power To Truth – Where Does South Africa Go From Here?
16h00
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