SCM Research

AUGUST 8, 2012

The Kühne Foundation invited me to support its Africa Logistics Initiative. Teaching Africa Humanitarian Logistics Image Supply Chain Management' Consequently, I have spent the last weeks teaching in logistics and supply chain management at the National Institute of Transport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It has been a great experience.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 9, 2015

In a review of a book entitled Emerging Africa: How the Global Economy’s Last Frontier Can Prosper and Matter, Katrina … Continued The post Africa: Emerging Markets’ Final Frontier appeared first on Enterra Solutions. Business Current Affairs Globalization Risk Management Supply Chain'

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The Network Effect

APRIL 9, 2016

Rwanda is a tiny country in Africa, the fourth smallest to be exact, but one making giant strides in embracing the latest technology. Yet this hasn’t stopped it fast becoming the technophile nation of Africa. The post Rwanda Heads Technology Revolution in Africa appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

I have been talking to a number of FMCG Regional and Market Leaders in the past few months about the supply chain challenges that they face in African and Middle Eastern Markets. Most understand the benefits of a Sales and Operational Planning (S&OP) process. Many have already implemented S&OP with varying degrees of success.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Halliburton’s sourcing & supply chain team has made a huge contribution to the expansion of the business in Sub-Saharan Africa, where it has expanded from four to fourteen countries in just eighteen months. Working in Africa is definitely challenging. >> >> Click the button to download the article now. . >>

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 22, 2023

Africa’s reserves of critical minerals make the continent key to the success of the global semiconductor and EV markets, but it could also benefit from supply chain diversification.

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Manufacturing & Logistics IT

JUNE 8, 2021

As part of an on-going programme of digital transformation at its bottling plants, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) is collaborating with pricing and rebate management solutions provider, Flintfox, and Microsoft to modernise how it uses technology.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

With respect to online gambling in Namibia vs South Africa, the African countries have been surprising us with the ever-growing statistics for the gambling market. When you think of Africa, you generally feel about relatively developing nations with recurring social issues. Gambling in South Africa: How Does it Hold Up Against Namibia?

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Houthi attacks in the Red Sea have since late 2023 forced container vessels to sail around southern Africa.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 21, 2023

He began his career in the South African Air Force and later spent more than a decade with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), where he held various leadership positions in South Africa, Spain, and the United States, including President of Cargo Network Services Corp., IATA’s U.S. cargo subsidiary.

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All Things Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In the Sahel region of Africa, political instability and corruption has run rife since decolonisation from European nations. Arbitrary borders were drawn without the consideration of who they will affect.…

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ivalua

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The Group operates 120 production plants in 19 European countries and a further 10 countries in the Americas, Asia, and Africa. The Group is made up of twelve world-renowned brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA, Bentley, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania, and MAN.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 12, 2024

But now ships between Europe and Asia are instead going around the Cape of Good Hope on the southern tip of Africa, which can add anywhere from 10 days to a month of travel time compared to the Red Sea/Suez Canal route. Rates for 40-foot containers from Asia to North Europe are at $8,764.14.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 24, 2023

Modi said the COVID-19 pandemic emphasized the importance and need for resilient and inclusive supply chains during the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 6, 2013

President Barack Obama’s trip to Africa in early July had many media outlets lamenting about the U.S. being late in recognizing the trade potential with Africa, and that the States had ceded the trade supremacy to China. Secondly, logistics infrastructure in Africa is terribly inefficient.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2023

The Development Bank of Southern Africa has applied to the South Korea-based Green Climate Fund for $235 million, according to documentation on the fund’s website.

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Material Handling & Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Food giant Cargill teams up with International Cocoa Initiative to monitor the cocoa supply chain in West Africa. read more.

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

South Africa is trying to increase its supply of renewable energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and its reliance on Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2022

Wingcopter to deploy 12,000 drones across Africa. Wingcopter this week announced a partnership with Continental Drones designed to establish a massive delivery network spanning 49 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa. Autonomous vehicles in the news: Embark Trucks completes autonomous driving tests in winter conditions.

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2024

For many other regions, though – including intra-Asia, the Middle East, South Asia and parts of Africa – carriers continue to announce significant GRIs and Peak Season Surcharge increases, supported by some shift of capacity to the main ex-Asia lanes as rates soared.

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Freightos

JULY 30, 2024

Asia and Africa lanes, which may likewise indicate that more capacity is becoming available across networks as a result of easing conditions on the main trade lanes. These trends suggest that rates may have already reached their peak season high and could ease further. Some carriers have also started reducing their surcharges for some S.

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TradeGecko

JULY 28, 2020

From the moment explorers began inching down the coast of Africa during the Age of Exploration, the Cape of Good Hope and the area eventually to become South Africa, has commanded a strategic commercial presence sitting astride the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 26, 2023

But the process can be especially challenging in the Middle East and Africa. There’s a need to speed up the import and delivery of mission-critical equipment and time-sensitive spare parts.

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SCJunction

APRIL 23, 2024

Store fulfilment across Southern Africa, nationwide home deliveries to Bash e-commerce customers, and highly automated processes to move products from all The Foschini Group brands, all from the same Distribution Centre! Too good to be true? Not anymore.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 10, 2023

Aero Africa is launching a new sea-air transport product that will provide transportation from Asia to 70 different African destinations.

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SCJunction

JANUARY 19, 2020

It’s that time of year again. As we’re about to enter 2020, we’re looking back at how this year’s trends compared to our predictions as well as what we can look forward to in the supply chain industry in the new year.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 25, 2021

By FinStock South Africa. The importance of having the right inventory at the right price to service customer demand is crucial. Nowhere is this truer than on commoditized products. With commodity buying, customers have a wide range of vendors to buy from and switch often to protect their margins.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Enchange has been helping clients in Africa for over 25 years. It’s a good question and one that Enchange is often asked. Whilst many things have changed in that time, for example, the use and availability of technology , many things remain the same.

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SCJunction

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

You need a partner who has an ear to the ground and their eye on the sky. Supply Chain Junction is a warehousing solutions company with an international pedigree and a local presence, giving a new definition to "best of breed".

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The latest edition of the LogiSYM conference catering to the Middle East/North Africa region, LogiSYM MENA, took place online on August 24. And to the event partners for their role in ensuring another successful LogiSYM event for the Middle East and North Africa region.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 25, 2021

A massive container ship blocking the Suez Canal showed no signs of budging for a third day, forcing container carriers and other vessels to weigh costly and time-consuming voyages around Africa that threaten to destabilize the already fragile underpinnings of global trade.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Logistics in Africa is tough. Africa just does not have the infrastructure, has an education gap, and does not widely deploy technologies like GPS tracking that are common in the West. Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Global Trade Logistics Outsourcing Retail Supply Chain Risk Management'

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

It only took days following the announcement out of South Africa that a new coronavirus had been detected for that variant pop-up around the globe. In South Africa, where the Omicron variant was first detected, only 25% of the population is vaccinated. The Omicron Virus. ”[3].

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Vaccines aren’t yet available in South Africa, but government talks to finalize access are at an advanced stage and registration of the medicines will be fast-tracked.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 18, 2021

Pirate attacks have pushed up insurance and other costs for shippers operating off West Africa, with some resorting to hiring escort vessels manned by armed navy personnel.

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SCJunction

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

After more than 3 years of extensive collaboration with PEP, Manhattan WMS has been successfully implemented in the new PEP Distribution Centre in Hammarsdale, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. In this blog, we reflect on the exciting journey from project initiation through to successful go-live.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2022

Wumdrop is a successful last mile logistics company in South Africa. We figured the lesson of removing anxiety from a delivery was a scalable opportunity in South Africa. Because we were decent at pitching and fairly charismatic, it was easy for us to raise capital in South Africa. The following text has been edited.

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