Dec 12, 2013
In part one of a three part series on profitability, Pieter Lots, solutions director for New ERA Solutions, will look at the challenges around managing stock to ensure that it has a positive effect on a company’s bottom line. We specifically look at: *...
Nov 19, 2013
As the festive season approaches, businesses that are sourcing foreign produced goods to meet customer demand should put an emphasis on proactively managing their supply chains to avoid financial losses and reputational damage due to late deliveries. This is according...
Nov 11, 2013
The South African automotive sector is plagued by uncontrollable factors such as strike and labour action, port delays due to weather and congestion, unreliable rail infrastructure and high costs for road transportation. This is according to Rob Williams, Business...
Nov 5, 2013
The term the Internet of Things (IoT) was conceived when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology set up the Auto ID Centre in 1998. It focused on applying an electronic tag (RFID) to all items, effectively connecting them to a wider network – the Internet,...
Oct 28, 2013
According to a new RFID sector survey by IDTechEx Research, the RFID market will increase from $6,98-billion in 2012 to $7,88-billion this year, and will reach $23,4-billion in 2020, says Raghu Das, CEO, IDTechEx. This includes tags, readers and software/services for...
Sep 16, 2013
The mounting concerns of counterfeiting, inefficiencies and growing customer and consumer demands across various industry sectors, have compelled the need to collaborate systems’ solutions to ensure a more visible and traceable supply chain process. Following the...
