The Absa Business Day Supplier Development Awards, which recognise excellence in supplier development in SA, are inviting organisations to enter their top initiatives. The awards showcase best practice and acknowledge successful supplier development programmes that are having a lasting impact on the South African economy. Entries close on March 1 2019. In 2018, Massmart was awarded overall winner at the inaugural Absa Business Day Supplier Development Awards, which attracted more than 400 entries from both private- and public-sector enterprises. According to the October 2018 Supplier Development Benchmark Report drafted by Fetola (which can be downloaded here at no cost), which jointly conceived the Supplier Development Awards with Cold Press Media and Tiso Blackstar Group, “overall there was a wide spread of industry representation, with professional services comprising 17%; community, social and personal services 10%; and wholesale and retail trade 7%. The largest category was oth...

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