Mozambique’s Lalgy Transports streamlines logistics with MiX Telematics
MiX Telematics will provide Lalgy Transports, a company that operates throughout the Mozambique territory and surrounding countries, with a comprehensive telematics solution to streamline logistics across its 730 vehicle fleet. Headquartered in Matola in the Maputo...
Best practice for supplier selection
Supplier services are essential in helping a business to function and reach its operational objectives. Considering their significance to the performance of a business, it is of utmost importance to work with the right suppliers. While there is usually a diverse pool...
WBX automates weighbridge process
From weighbridge to driver and inventory management and access and identification, WBX offers a holistic suite of next-generation of receiving and dispatch software, with features aimed at optimising and automating the entire weighbridge-centric product movement...
Local RFID solutions provide flexibility in emerging markets
Local RFID solution providers offer cheaper and more flexible solutions that are better suited to the South African market. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has been around for a long time, but local companies are now beginning to focus on providing...
Zetes supports fight against illicit tobacco supplies
Six major Belgian tobacco manufacturers are working with Zetes to make their supply chain compliant with the revised Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) and fight illicit trade. The revised TPD (2014/40/EU), which will come into force on 20 May 2019, concerns the...
Pargo extends logistics to neighbouring countries
Smart logistics company Pargo has expanded its network of parcel pick-up points to Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. The new cross-border delivery service utilises existing partnerships with Clicks and Lewis as well as new local retailers, such as Choppies....
The connected supply chain and the move to intelligent information superhighways
Wow, is it 1991 already? Yes, on this 28th anniversary of Al Gore popularising the phrase "information superhighway", Internet Solutions (IS) brings you an even better phrase: "the intelligent information superhighway" for a fully connected supply chain. How about...
Decision Inc launches first local Dynamics 365 F&O app
Decision Inc Immix has introduced D365 Internal Stores Requisition Management (ISRM), the first Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (F&O) application to hit the Microsoft AppSource business applications store in South Africa. "The D365 ISRM app is...
Why blockchain should be part of your supply chain strategy
Jim Holland, country manager at Lenovo Data Center Group Southern Africa highlights the potential of technology to transform supply chains. One technology with enormous promise is blockchain. Surprised? Don't be - there's much more to blockchain than the world of...
The evolution of supply chain networks
The impact of digitisation is rapidly disrupting business models across organisations. This is becoming more prevalent in the manufacturing sector, in particular, supply chain where automation and data exchange are key. Cassie Lessing, MD of Strato IT Group, says that...
Coricraft transforms customer delight and delivery
Coricraft, South Africa's premium quality home furniture and furnishing design and manufacturing company, contracted with Trackmatic to help tackle the challenges it was facing around fleet visibility and customer satisfaction. The company wanted to reignite the magic...
Castrol logistics solution to monitor deliveries
Realtime tracking of multiple transporters making more than 100 deliveries a day across the country requires a state-of-the-art logistics solution. This was the challenge facing Castrol, one of the world's leading lubricant brands, in providing accurate data and...