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outside the company's control.
Contracts like the JBCC contract are
particularly inflexible when it comes
to managing timelines for sub-
contractors like kitchen companies
and require contract management
often way out of the companies,
capabilities.

In this time where we are desperate
to retain key skillsets, increase local
manufacturing and employment,
protecting niche market manufacturers
like kitchen companies and stone and
surface fabricators, and their related
good money for a finished product, and and off site, so that plans can be made suppliers is vital. For the foreseeable
in an ideal world, should not have to to work round them. future this will take us working together -
concern themselves with the company's • Being flexible with completion manufacturer, supplier, builder, developer,
challenges, this is simply no longer viable. timelines - while we can't give the industry professional and consumer. In a
Issues like these are out of the companies' companies an indefinite timeline time where we seem to have lost a little
control and totally unpredictable. If we to complete work there needs to be compassion, understanding and flexibility
are going to see reputable, skilled kitchen a leeway given, without penalties, we need to dig deep and bring it to bear
businesses survive we need to adjust our should loadshedding or any to ensure those in the industry as a whole
expectations. other issue that may result due to are supporting one another rather than
loadshedding come into play. dragging each other down. dw
Key to this will be: • If timelines can't be flexible then
• Establish good communications with negotiate with the company on how to www.ksa.co.za
your kitchen company so that all cover the costs of an onsite generator.
parties are aware of the loadshedding • Ensur contracts are fair and have
schedules that will impact them on an allowance for issues that are

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