Low-cost country sourcing
As part of our procurement strategy, we aim to build supplier
relationships within a number of low-cost countries. Our main focus
to date has been extending our supply chain programme to China, and
over the coming years, we will be developing similar strategies in
other countries, such as India.
Machinery in use at one of our operations in South AfricaChina sourcing strategy
We have set up the China International Procurement Office (IPO)
in Beijing to assist our business units with procuring goods from
China. Our main objective is to build cost-effective, strategic
partnerships in China and ensure quality of goods and services
supplied.
We have put in place a sourcing strategy to help us build
long-term, valuable relationships with Chinese suppliers. This
strategy has been developed to ensure sourcing from China becomes
an integral and trusted part of our supply chain.
The China sourcing strategy aims to:
- Build relationships, ensure transparency, clearly define
responsibilities and improve communication and documentation with
our suppliers
- Demonstrate supplier capabilities, success stories and bring
stakeholders together to ensure quality and ease
logistics
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