Bytes Document Solutions, the authorised Xerox distributor to 24 African countries, has been rated as a Level 3 Contributor and Value-Adding Supplier, by Empowerdex, an accredited verification agency. The rating comes on the back of progress made in many of the areas identified in the DTI's Codes of Good Practice.
A Level 3 plus Value Added Supplier status allows customers to claim R137.5, for every hundred rand spent with the company towards their own BBBEE preferential procurement score.
"We have worked hard for several years to achieve this rating," says Yolisa Tashe, socio-economic development manager at Bytes Document Solutions. "It underscores our commitment to supporting the Altron Group's Vision 2012."
During the past year, Bytes Document Solutions registered a number of improvements on its previous rating:
* It greatly improved its training and skills development score, with 29 learnerships for previously disadvantaged workers. It now scores 11.5 out of a potential 15 points.
* Bytes Document Solutions scored a maximum five for corporate CSI. "We donated heavily to the University of Johannesburg and Unisa, built five houses with Habitat for Humanity. in Orange Farm, and have made available a number of study grants to our employees' children," says Tashe.
* It scored a maximum 15 for enterprise development: "We continue to support 13 BEE companies, which we established, some as far back as 1999, and are ecstatic about their own growth," notes Tashe.
* It scored 17.8% out of a potential 20 for preferential procurement. "We are working hard to find small black and black women-owned businesses for discretionary spend items.”
Bytes Document Solutions has the full backing of Xerox in its broad-based black economic empowerment efforts: in June, Ursula Burns became the first black woman to head up a major listed corporation in the US. In addition, Xerox has been named as one of the most diverse corporations in the world, and one of the best companies for women to work.
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Bytes Document Solutions
Bytes Document Solutions, previously known as Xerox South Africa, is a R1.8 billion-a-year company made up of three business components:
* The sole authorised Xerox distributor to 24 sub-Saharan countries
* The largest South African paper merchant through NOR Paper
* Africa's leading digital printing and mailing bureau through LaserCom
Bytes Document Solutions is recognised as a Level Three Contributor as defined by the Department of Trade & Industry's Codes of Good Practice. In addition, Bytes Document Solutions has been recognised as a Value Adding Supplier, with its customers being able to claim 137.5% of their spend towards their preferential procurement measurement for their own BBEEE status.
Bytes Documents Solutions is a division of Bytes Technology Group South Africa, owned by Altron, with Kagiso Trust Investments as its empowerment partner.
Web site: http://www.bytesdocumentsolutions.co.za
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