Commerce Edge
Business Process in Pretoria

Smart Procurement includes procurement tools, strategic sourcing, vision, tactics, tips, supplier / project / contract management and business process re-engineering. On-line newsletter for procurement professionals.

We are a provider of holistic competency development solutions that enable organisations to leverage their capacity, competency and capability. We help establish, grow and sustain the culture, leadership and performance metrics necessary to enable high-performance Supply Chain organisations. These courses are regularly presented publically and can also be tailored for companies as in-house options. The academy supports students on qualification programmes on an international basis and provides blended-learning tuition at all levels. Developing a world-class procurement strategy Date to be confirmed. Commerce Edge provides specialised advisory services and coaching relating to world-class aspects within the supply chain. Coaching for supply chain executives on supply chain strategy, organisational structuring, talent management and related competency development initiatives. Can your organisation benefit from these strategies? Your organisation's operations stand to improve with a world-class supply chain professional operating your strategy. Natural disaster events and strike incidents have demonstrated that disruption to transportation systems has immediate and long-lasting effects within supply chains. This course covers all the major modes of transport used to move goods, as standalone operations and as part of modern supply chains. Among other things the course will cover economic, cultural, political, ethical and environmental issues and how freight transport acts to sustain modern trade and business through effective planning, control and management. This course will address the global and local issues around freight transport operations. This course covers the various types and functions of ports and terminals, as well as their management, operation and maintenance. It includes global, international and national freight movements; types of goods and vessels; passenger considerations; port and area controls; physical and human resource requirements; consignments; unitisation and consignment monitoring. This course covers the fundamental management knowledge required of managers in the logistics and transport industry. It covers aspects of the internal and external structures of an organisation, the governance of people within the organisation and those financial and other planning techniques necessary to maintain organisational health. It aims to deliver understanding and competence of those key elements of management practice that are fundamental to both commercial and non-commercial organisations. This course covers the basis for professionals in the transport industry to understand the principles of effective, safe and legal movement of goods and people through the principal modes in a national and international context. The course covers the nature of transport to develop an appreciation of its supply and demand characteristics and the different ways in which the transport product can be delivered effectively and efficiently. This course provides the foundation of knowledge on the concepts and principles that govern the process of transport planning. The course helps to investigate the nature and purpose of transport planning, the interactions between transport and land use and the process of transport planning. The prime objective of the Academy is to assist student members to climb the necessary qualifications ladder by means of tutor-enabled blended-learning and classroom-based tutorials. We do this through specialised coaching and examination preparation to assist students every step of the way to successfully achieve a meaningful qualification.