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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"procurement policies"”.
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Procurement policies and sustainability on SMMEs: a case study of Gauteng Province
SMME targeted procurement policies in South Africa gets swapped and changed every couple of years before they take hold and assessed against initially set desired outcomes, this makes them unsustainable. As such, it has become necessary for research to be undertaken to investigate those SMMEs that …
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An approach to considering uncertainty in developing long-term, least-cost wood procurement policies
… in question. This approach was applied to a wood procurement problem which had been previously solved as deterministic. The previous problem was a case study of an integrated forest products firm with the objective of minimizing the present value of wood procurement over a 20-year study using …
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The interaction between public procurement policies and international investment agreements: challenges and legal implications in Kenya and South Africa
… the ability of Kenya and RSA to use social policies in their public procurement framework to promote socioeconomic development of their nationals.
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“Green” public procurement policies, climate change mitigation and international trade regulation: an assessment of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement
… regulation on the other. The focus is government procurement. It looks at “green” government procurement (GPP) policies and practices used by the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol as a tool for climate change mitigation, and as it relates to these countries’ obligations under the WTO Agreement on …
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An assessment of the effectiveness of the government's procurement policies, with respect to the small-scale building industry in KwaZulu-Natal
Submitted in fulfilment of the academic requirements for the Masters in Technology: Construction Management, Durban Institute of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2004.
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Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and Government Contracting: Assessing the State of Texas Procurement and Contract Management Guide Using the Federal Acquisition Regulation
… research identified best practices related to procurement practices used by Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses (SDVOB) and developed a framework for the assessment of such practices. In particular, this framework was developed by using sources such as the Code of Federal Regulations …
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An investigation into the responses of the construction industry to preferential procurement in South Africa
… understanding of the influence of preferential procurement policies on construction firms with a view to contributing to theory development. The fundamental premise of this thesis is that preferential procurement polices are not neutral, but have distributed consequences.
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Managing and scheduling inbound material receiving at a distribution center
… center (DC). It starts with the inventory and procurement policies and ends with the product being in a physical storage location at the DC. In order for a product to be sold to a customer it must first be brought through this inbound process (with the exception of drop shipping) and therefore …
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Market prospects for wood products certified for forest management and/or legality in Japan
… and the new government’s public purchasing policies (PPP) titled Timber Procurement Policies. In order to assess the market prospect (in the next 5 years) for wood products certified as coming from sustainable and/or legal sources a study was completed focusing on Japanese home builders. …
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Simulation of Chinese Sorghum Imports from a New Perspective: U.S. and Global Impacts
… tax, direct payments, input subsidies, and procurement policies. This model simulates projections using price and income elasticities and assumed values for exogenous variables such as income and population growth. This model also incorporates behavior of state trading enterprises and WTO …
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Investigating the challenges of monitoring and enforcement of preferential procurement regulations in South African local government
… of monitoring and enforcing preferential procurement regulations in South African local government. The policies of the non-democratic regime created racial disproportions in South Africa and resulted in a need for the transformation of public procurement systems to empower the …
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An investigation into transformation within the South African Mining Sector, with particular reference to the regulatory frameworks and mechanisms in which mining firms operate : a case study on Lonmin Plc
… South Africans, the adoption of preferential procurement policies by Lonmin Plc and the conducting of proper engagement processes between mining companies and mining communities.
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Indices de eficiencia ambiental en el sector público hospitalario
… to hospital function – ranging from material procurement and waste management to logistical transport protocols. The investigation identifies transportation of patients, personnel, and supplies, alongside intensive material consumption and resultant waste generation, as areas exhibiting the …
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Exploring private sector challenges in financing ppps in botswana
… board to conduct a holistic review of laws, procurement policies and mandates for statutory bodies to ensure that they are fully supportive of PPPs. Finally, the current PPP frameworks should not only be reviewed but should also be expanded upon to include issues such as stakeholder …
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When a Pound Weighed a Ton: The Cotton Scandal and Uzbek National Consciousness
… Communist Party in 1959 as well as the cotton procurement policies dating back to the Stalin era. By calling attention to these factors, it will become clear that several intertwining factors led Rashidov to pursue the policy of extensively altering cotton procurement reports.Perhaps the most …
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Social value and procurement phases: a study of municipal procurement in London boroughs
… sparked increased interest in leveraging public procurement policies to achieve these objectives. In the UK, the enactment of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, alongside the Public Contracts Regulations (2015), mandates public bodies to consider social value (SV) in procurement …