Bareki

Higher education · January 2016 – December 2018

Supply chain transformation across spend, data, sourcing and governance

A 36-month advisory programme gave UNISA a more structured foundation for strategic sourcing, supplier management, governance and ERP-enabled procurement.

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The challenge

UNISA required wide-ranging procurement and SCM advisory support across a large, complex university environment with annual procurement spend of R2 billion.

The mandate connected supplier and contract management, data quality, sourcing, governance, process redesign, B-BBEE, ESD and Oracle procurement modules.

Bareki's role

  • Analysed annual procurement spend and prioritised categories and sourcing opportunities.
  • Cleansed and standardised supplier data and strengthened contract and supplier management.
  • Documented current processes and designed future processes and an updated organisational structure.
  • Developed policy, procedures, delegations, procurement plans and strategic-sourcing methods.
  • Supported B-BBEE and ESD implementation, Oracle procurement optimisation and the SCM turnaround strategy.

Outcomes achieved

  1. 01The 36-month assignment was completed on time.
  2. 02UNISA described the management of the assignment and consultant submissions as excellent.
  3. 03The university awarded Bareki's output a 92% score.

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