Collaboration the future of the supply chain

To remain relevant in today’s increasingly competitive and dynamic markets, and to extract maximum value from operational environments, organisations should move towards a “collaborative” supply chain model – powered by the latest technological...

Rugged versus consumer devices

Technology plays a crucial role in any organisation in the advancement of service processes and due to its rapidly evolving nature, companies timeously and continuously remain open and respond to industry changes, upgrades and environmental demands. Technology is...

Food and beverage best practices

It’s a classic scenario in food and beverage manufacturing – struggling to co-ordinate the opinions of sales and marketing with manufacturing and supply chain initiatives on what should be produced, when it should be produced, and where it’s needed, says Ian...

Information key to logistics optimisation

Cargo transport in South Africa is an industry faced with a number of challenges. Companies in this sector have one overriding objective – move their cargo as fast as possible to where it is required. However, infrastructure problems make this a difficult task, and...

Protecting the supply chain from cybercrime

Sophisticated cyber “gangs’ are gaining traction, resulting in the theft of sensitive data, intellectual property and customer details. These gangs not only have the motivation, but the ability and techniques to carry out these attacks, which are focused...

New food and beverage consumption patterns

As the economic downturn continues to unfold, a profound sense of regret over years of over-consumption, credit over-extension and waste has set in with consumers. And with it, a new attitude to cost cutting, says Ian Huntly, CEO of Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings,...