South Africa’s energy company Total South Africa has signed an agreement with transport and logistics company A.P Moller-Maersk for R98.35 billion in a combined share and debt transaction. Total will […]
Archive | Supply Chain Logistics
Five themes for the digital transformation of logistics
The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) White Paper entitled ‘The Digital Transformation of Industries’ in collaboration with Accenture, identifies five themes that are central to the digital transformation of the logistics […]
Finding innovative and mutually-beneficial routes to market
South Africa’s community and informal markets offer companies an ideal place to grow their customer base – if they can find a viable and reliable point of entry. Creating mutual […]
S&OP maturity comes prior to advance planning software
A presentation by Steven Hainey CPSM, CPIM, CPF, MCIPS, C.P.M., Director of Supply Chain, Jarden Applied Materials, USA. Delivered during the 38th annual SAPICS event for supply chain professionals in […]
Container port forecasts
A presentation by Joubert van Eeden MBA, MSc Eng., B. Eng., Senior Lecturer at Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Delivered during the 38th annual SAPICS event for supply chain […]
Supply chain performance measurement trends
A presentation by Steven A. Melnyk, Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University, USA. Delivered during the 38th annual SAPICS event for supply chain professionals in Sun […]
How you can unlock additional margins by building operator capability to attain benchmark performance in manufacturing
A presentation by Bettina Klein Bachelor of Business Administration, Degree in Industrial Business Management, Manager: Manufacturing Excellence practice, EY, South Africa. Delivered during the 38th annual SAPICS event for supply […]
Risk in the food supply chain
A presentation by Matthew van den Honert B-tech, Owner, CereusSA (Pty) Ltd, South Africa. Delivered during the 38th annual SAPICS event for supply chain professionals in Sun City, South Africa. […]
Orchestrating the balance between a growth strategy and cost efficiencies in an emerging market - a case study from Nigeria
A presentation by Elmien Sambandan PMP®, Manager Africa Team for Supply Chain Transformation and Operations Advisory, EY, South Africa. Delivered during the 38th annual SAPICS event for supply chain professionals […]
Implementing a demand and supply planning system at Toyota South Africa Motors
A presentation by Dawie Poolman CSCP, Honours degree in Industrial Engineering, Solution Architect, Barloworld Logistics, South Africa. Delivered during the 38th annual SAPICS event for supply chain professionals in Sun […]