The purpose of the study is to develop a procurement framework for the South African clothing industry. Procurement practice in the South African clothing industry faced a significant setback when retail buyers opted to buy from overseas suppliers instead of supporting local clothing manufacturers. Lack of resources, sustainability and skills, as well as reduced import tariffs, led to the closure of many clothing manufacturers. Although previous studies have investigated sustainability and competitiveness in the clothing industry, additional research is required to explore the procurement practices that prioritise local economic development in the South African clothing industry that is suffering as a result of global competition. The study administered a survey to managers, owners and procurement specialists operational in the South African clothing industry through the use of a snowball sampling method. The survey questions were structured and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The R-software, JASP 0.16.3, was utilised to analyse the descriptive data. Inferential statistics was employed using structural equation model (SEM) to validate the study’s model and hypotheses using the SAS 9.4 software.
The study revealed that procurement practices in the SA clothing industry are compromised because the procurement variables, such as demand planning, strategic sourcing, contracting, enterprise supplier development and strategic partnerships, are not aligned with the types of procurement that create value. Also, these variables need to comply with government policies and sustainable practice regulations. The study also found that the clothing industry in SA needs more resources and local support. The study proposed a framework that connects the different aspects of procurement practice, including demand planning, strategic sourcing, contracting, supplier development, and strategic partnerships. The study concluded by recommending that procurement practices that provide value be aligned with government policies and sustainability regulations to promote job creation, improve sustainability and competitiveness, and promote the socio-economic objectives of the industry.
Maikemišetšo a dinyakišišo ke go hlama melawana ya borekedi ya intasteri ya diaparo ya Afrika Borwa. Tiro ya borekedi ka intastering ya diaparo ya Afrika Borwa e ile la itemogela tšhalelonthago ye kgolo ge bareki ba diaparo ba ile ba kgetha go reka diaparo go baabi ba diaparo go tšwa dinageng tša moše sebakeng sa go thekga batšweletši ba diaparo ba ka mo nageng. Tlhokego ya didirišwa, go e šomiša go ya go ile le mabokgoni, gammogo le ditefelo tše di fokoditšwego ya go tliša diaparo ka mo nageng, go ile gwa feletša ka go tswalelwa ga mabenkele a mantši a batšweletši ba diaparo. Le ge e le gore dinyakišišo tše di fetilego di ile tša nyakišiša go šomišega go ya go ile le bokgoni bja intasteri ya diaparo, dinyakišišo tša tlaleletšo di a nyakega go lekodišiša ditiro tša borekedi bja diaparo tšeo di beilego pele tlhabollo ya ekonomi ya ka mo nageng ka intastering ya diaparo ya Afrika Boewa yeo e gwahlafalago ka lebaka la phadišano ya lefaseng ka bophara. Dinyakišišo di dirile diphatišišo go balaodi, beng ba dikgwebo le go ditsebi tša borekedi bja diaparo bao ba šomago ka intastering ya diaparo ya Afrika Borwa ka go šomiša mokgwa wa go dira sampole fao banyakišišwa ba goketšago banyakišišwa ba bangwe. Dipotšišo tša diphatišišo di ile tša hlangwa le go sekasekwa ka go šomiša dipalopalo tša tlhalošo le tša tšhupetšo. Softewere ya R-, JASP 0.16.3, e ile ya šomišwa go sekaseka tshedimošo ya tlhalošo. Dipalopalo tša tšhupetšo di ile tša dirišwa ka go šomiša mokgwa wa tshekatsheko ya dipalopalo tše ntši (SEM) ka nepo ya go hwetša nepagalo ya mokgwa wa dinyakišišo le haephothesese ka go šomiša softewere ya SAS 9.4.
Dinyakišišo di utollotše gore ditiro tša borekedi bja diaparo ka intastering ya diaparo ya Afrika Borwa di itemogetše mathata ka lebaka la gore diphapano tša borekedi, tša go swana le peakanyo ya nyakego, go hwetša methopo ka togamaano, go tsenela dikonteraka, tlhabollo ya baabi ba dikgwebo le ditirišano tša togamaano, ga se tša beakanyetšwa gore di sepelelane le mehuta ya borekedi bjo bo dirago boleng. Gape, mehuta ye e swanetše go sepelelana le melawana ya mmušo le melaotshepetšo ya ditiro tša go ya go ile. Dinyakišišo di utollotše gape gore intasteri ya diaparo ka Afrika Borwa e hloka didirišwa tše ntši le thekgo ya ka nageng. Dinyakišišo di akantše melawana yeo e kgokaganyago metheo ye e fapanego ya tiro ya borekedi bja diaparo, go akaretšwa peakanyo ya nyakego, go hwetša methopo ka togamaano, go tsenela dikonteraka, tlhabollo ya baabi ba dikgwebo le ditirišano tša togamaano. Dinyakišišo
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di feditše ka go šišinya gore ditiro tša borekedi tšeo di abago boleng di dirwe gore di sepelelane le melawana ya mmušo le melawana ya go ya go ile ka nepo ya go tšwetša pele tlhomo ya mešomo, go kaonafatša tiro ya go ya go ile le bokgoni, le go tšwetša pele maikemišetšo a ekonomi ya setšhaba a intasteri ye.
Inhloso yocwaningo ukuthuthukisa uhlaka lokuthengwa kwezimpahla zemboni yezingubo zaseNingizimu Afrika. Inqubo yokuthengwa kwempahla embonini yezingubo zaseNingizimu Afrika ibhekane nezinkinga ezinkulu lapho abathengi bekhetha ukuthenga kubahlinzeki bempahla baphesheya esikhundleni sokuxhasa abakhiqizi bezingubo bakuleli. Ukuntuleka kwezinsiza, ukusimama kanye namakhono, kanye nokunciphisa intela yokungenisa impahla kwamanye amazwe, kwaholela ekuvaleni abakhiqizi abaningi bezingubo. Nakuba ucwaningo lwangaphambilini luye lwaphenya ukusimama nokuncintisana embonini yezingubo, ucwaningo olwengeziwe luyadingeka ukuze kuhlolwe izinqubo zokuthenga ezibeka phambili ukuthuthukiswa komnotho wendawo embonini yezingubo zaseNingizimu Afrika, ehluphekayo ngenxa yokuncintisana komhlaba wonke. Lolu cwaningo lwenze ucwaningo kubaphathi, abanikazi kanye nongoti bokuthengwa kwempahla abasebenza embonini yezingubo zaseNingizimu Afrika ngokusebenzisa indlela yokusampula ye-snowball. Imibuzo yocwaningo yahlelwa futhi yahlaziywa kusetshenziswa izibalo ezichazayo ne-inferential. I-R-software, i-JASP 0.16.3, yasetshenziswa ukuze kuhlaziywe idatha echazayo. Izibalo ze-inferential zisetshenziswe kusetshenziswa imodeli ye-structural equation (SEM) ukuze kuqinisekiswe imodeli yocwaningo kanye nemibono kusetshenziswa isofthiwe ye-SAS 9.4.
Ucwaningo luveze ukuthi izindlela zokuthengwa kwezimpahla embonini yezimpahla zokugqoka zaseNingizimu Afrika zisengcupheni ngenxa yokuthi izinto eziguquguqukayo zokuthengwa kwempahla, njengokuhlelwa kwezidingo, ukutholakala kwamasu, izinkontileka, ukuthuthukiswa kwabahlinzeki bebhizinisi kanye nobudlelwano obunesu, akuhambisani nezinhlobo zokuthengwa kwempahla ezidala ukubaluleka. Futhi, lezi zinto eziguquguqukayo zidinga ukuthobela izinqubomgomo zikahulumeni kanye nemithethonqubo yokuzijwayeza esimeme. Ucwaningoluphinde lwathola ukuthi imboni yezimpahla zokugqoka eNingizimu Afrika idinga izinsiza ezengeziwe kanye nokwesekwa kwendawo. Ucwaningo luhlongoze uhlaka oluxhumanisa izingxenye ezehlukene zenqubo yokuthengwa kwempahla, okuhlanganisa ukuhlelwa kwesidingo, ukutholakala kwamasu, izinkontileka, ukuthuthukiswa kwabahlinzeki kanye nokusebenzisana kwamasu. Ucwaningo luphethe ngokuncoma ukuthi izindlela zokuthengwa kwempahla ezihlinzeka ngokubaluleka zihambisane nezinqubomgomo zikahulumeni kanye nemithethonqubo yokusimama ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukwakhiwa kwamathuba emisebenzi, ukuthuthukisa ukusimama nokuncintisana, kanye nokukhuthaza izinjongo zezenhlalo-mnotho zale mboni.
