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,...

The supply chain has gone global

When America sneezes, the world catches a cold. The famous quote was initially uttered about France and Europe by Austria’s Prince Klemens von Metternich during the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars to describe the effect it had on the rest of Europe, says Simon...

SAAMA involved in ISO 55000 creation

The Southern African Asset Management Association (SAAMA), its council and members, were heavily involved in the creation of the recently published ISO 55000 suite of international standards: Asset Management Systems. Says Anton Booyzen, President of SAAMA: “We’ve...