resources
This section is intended as a reference library for documentation related to the work of saibl. You are welcome to suggest or contribute content to this section by sending an email to info@saibl.co.za
saibl bulletin
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- saibl bulletin Issue 3, June 2010
- saibl bulletin News Flash, 13 May 2010: Successful Participation by saibl Clients at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair
- saibl bulletin Issue 2, April 2010
- saibl bulletin Issue 1, March 2010
saibl specialty food and wine news
saibl regularly issues an e-newsletter with news headlines relating to the specialty food and wine market. Please subscribe here to receive the newsletter, free of charge.
- Specialty Food and Wine News Issue 8, 26 July 2010
- Specialty Food and Wine News Issue 7, 09 July 2010
- Specialty Food and Wine News Issue 6, 30 June 2010
- Specialty Food and Wine News Issue 5, 11 June 2010
- Specialty Food and Wine News Issue 4, 28 May 2010
- Specialty Food and Wine News Issue 3, 11 May 2010
- Specialty Food and Wine News Issue 2, 22 April 2010
- Specialty Food and Wine News Issue 1, March 2010
Free Online SME Tools and Resources
These FREE resources provide enterprise with a variety of critical services, including templates for essential documents, proven management strategies, tips for business plans and much more:
- Tools from Inc.com
- SME Toolkit South Africa
- IFC/IBM SME Toolkit
- Google Analytics
- Small Business CEO Tools
reference material
Legal Material
- South Africa: BEE Codes of Good Practice (external link)
- South Africa: BEE Act No 53 of 2003 (PDF 235kb)
- South Africa: Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, No. 5 of 2000, G 20854, 3 February 2000 (PDF 69kb)
- USA: Trade and Development Act of 2000 (AGOA - African Growth and Opportunities Act) (PDF 233kb)
Business Linkages
international Standards for Business
- Selection and Use of the ISO 9000 Family of Standards, International Organization for Standardization (PDF 1.9MB)
Small and Medium Enterprises
- Assessment of the Financial Literacy Needs of saibl SMEs: Results of a Survey by saibl and the USAID Financial Sector Programme, January 2010 (PDF 510kb)
- Small Business Development in South Africa. SPB Alert, August 2009 (PDF 89kb)
Supplier Diversity; Supply Chain Management
- South African Supllier Diversity Council In a Nutshell, February 2010 (PDF 77kb)
- Handbook on Supplier Diversity in Europe. Supplier Diversity Europe, CRÉME, Migration Policy Group, November 2009 (PDF 2.42MB)
- Bringing Local Entrepreneurs Into the Supply Chain: The Experience of Spier. Caroline Ashley and Gareth Haysom. ODI Project Briefing No 20, April 2009 (external link)
- Supplier Diversity Knowledge Summary. CIPS, February 2009 (PDF 141kb)
- Maximising the Contributions of Local Enterprises to the Supply Chain of Oil, Gas and Mining Projects in Low Income Countries. Briefing Note, Engineers Against Poverty (PDF 212kb)
- Supplier Diversity and Supply Chain Management: A Strategic Approach. Henry Adobor, Ronald McMullen. Article Published in Business Horizons, No 50, 2007 (PDF 292kb)
- Experimenting with Supply Chain Learning (SCL): Supplier Diversity and Ethnic Minority Businesses. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal 1, 461–478, 2005 (PDF 100kb - abstract only)
- Avoid the Pitfalls in Supplier Development. Robert B. Handfield, Daniel R. Krause, Thomas V. Scannell, Robert M. Monczka. Sloan Management Review, Vol 41 No 2, Winter 2000 (external link)