SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Just last year, Coca-Cola South Africa, which manufactures Appletiser, said quality testing revealed that the products were “ outside of the acceptable standards ,” and six batches of the product were recalled from retailers within South Africa. The post Traceability for manufacturers today appeared first on SYSPRO Blog.

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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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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 15, 2021

SYSPRO Africa first visited Mombasa Kenya at the main gathering in East Africa of CIOs – CIO 100. The post Digital transformation for Africa’s manufacturing and distribution CIO and CFO appeared first on SYSPRO Blog. Here we shared our experiences. Looking at the CIO. The ideal location to let the ideas flow.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 24, 2023

McKinsey & Company analysts, Ziad Haider , Andrew Grant, and Anke Raufuss , add, “In between navigating the fallout from Europe and unfolding strategic competition in Asia, multinational corporations must also manage a host of long-tail political risks and conflicts across other geographies, including Africa and South Asia.”[6]

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Shipchain

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

To learn more about ShipChain Mainnet, check out our blog and our latest press release. . And for more information about SHIP staking as a whole, please check out our recent blog post. Webinar, “The Future of Pharma and Medical Supply Chains in the COVID-19 Era,” Now on Demand on the ShipChain Blog. Europe, Mexico, and Africa.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 7, 2023

Within Africa, the adoption of smart manufacturing technologies and solutions has been far slower. And there is reason for optimism about the state of manufacturing in Africa. The post New tech coming to ERP systems near you appeared first on SYSPRO Blog.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 12, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our April 12, 2022 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based blog readership. MSC Acquires Bollore’s Africa Logistics Unit. billion euros.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 1, 2022

Africa must be concerned with upskilling. The post African manufacturers must remain focused on skills development appeared first on SYSPRO Blog. IDC has estimated that two million jobs in artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things, cybersecurity and blockchain will remain unfilled by 2023 due to a lack of human talent.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 31, 2022

The further disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could cause major disruptions to the global supply chain and impact South Africa. The post How manufacturers can respond to supply chain disruptions appeared first on SYSPRO Blog.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2022

There are other risks as well: logistics in these regions (especially Africa and Chile). Another a rticle in the same edition of the Economist s uggests that there are significant bottlenecks in Africa at bridges crossing rivers and other problems such as corruption to gain access to roads.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

On a regional scale, the bank anticipates that growth among emerging market and developing economies will diverge this year, picking up in East and Central Asia , Pacific as well as Europe while moderating in all other regions, particularly Latin America , Middle East and North Africa countries. percent in 2023, compared to 4.1

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 30, 2023

And who says the future affluent consumers in India and Africa will develop the same needs for goods as those in the West, Japan, Dubai and the wealthy upper class in China? Most of Generation Z probably aren’t at all interested in owning a car, for example. We are, after all, in a change of era.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 3, 2021

A Middle-East-based B2B online platform, Tradeling, launched last year with an initial investment from Dubai Airport Freezone Authority to help businesses across the Middle East and North Africa to procure goods from around the world. Available in Rwanda, it plans to expand across Africa and around the world.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Over the last few months I have been writing a blog series on Route to Market Success (RtM) in emerging markets, describing how Enchange has been using the 20 Steps to RtM Excellence to win in these markets for our clients.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

Read the full Cipla Medpro case study on delivering medicines in Africa. For example, at a major beer company customer of ours distributing in Africa, most dealers were manually entering their supply chain data at the local Internet café. Blog: How Procter & Gamble is Thriving on Supply Chain Complexity.

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QAD

AUGUST 12, 2021

If you’re reading this blog in 2021, you know about the increasing importance of sustainability and reduced environmental impact with fires in the western US, excessive flooding in Europe and a recent Canadian heat wave. The post ERP Aids Your Sustainability Initiatives appeared first on QAD Blog.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In this blog, I will use the term trade coverage. Trade coverage, brand distribution, distribution coverage, brand or SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) availability, or whatever terminology you use, is one of the most important Route to Market (RtM) , trade marketing and/or sales operations metrics out there.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

8] Richard Evans and Jim Gao, “ DeepMind AI Reduces Google Data Centre Cooling Bill by 40% ,” DeepMind Blog, 20 July 2016. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), limiting global warming to less than 1.5 ”[4]. What are companies doing? Footnotes. [1] The post sust[AI]nability first appeared on.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is by Dr. Muddassir Ahmed of muddassirism.com. In this blog he provides a simple reference guide to better yourself as a supply chain leader. With considerable experience in deploying Continuous Improvement best practices in Europe, Middle East & Africa.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In February 2023, a new facility was opened in Cape Town, South Africa, to manufacture products used for renewable energy and clean cooking. Share this blog to support and celebrate women in tech: Subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow our Social Media channels.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 24, 2019

The Economist says that more companies are sourcing with proximity to their major markets – for instance servicing the EU from Eastern Europe and Northern Africa or the US from Mexico. But converging costs have reduced the need for far flung supply chains in many industries.

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Arkieva

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The transaction includes relevant technologies, patents, and trademarks, as well as two manufacturing plants in the United Kingdom and South Africa. The post Arkieva Customer Spotlight: AkzoNobel Strengthens Position as The Leading Global Supplier in Coil Coatings appeared first on Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva.

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Supply Chains Rock

JUNE 17, 2011

billion Europe, Middle East and Africa and $2.7 Search This Blog. Blog Archive. Blog Archive. About.com - Martins Logistics Blog. EU Logistics Hub Blog. ILOG Supply Chain Applications BLOG. Public Policy & Sustainability Blog. Supplier Performance Management Blog. billion in 2009.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

OCTOBER 25, 2019

I am in the middle of writing a blog series on Route to Market (RtM) success in emerging markets, with a specific focus on Africa. One topic has come up several times and I will now address it in this blog. I have been receiving some excellent feedback throughout (many thanks!).

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A decade ago, supply chain analyst Trevor Miles ( @milesahead ) wrote, “I almost feel that we should be shouting ‘Vuka’ which in Xhosa (one of the South Africa languages) means ‘wake up.’ 2] Trevor Miles, “ VUCA, a useful acronym for today’s supply chain ,” Kinaxis Blog, 9 June 2011. [3] One answer is advanced analytics. Footnotes. [1]

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DynaSys

APRIL 11, 2019

Electrium have recently acquired a business unit in South Africa, formerly part of the Crabtree family. The post Managing Efficiently an Extended Supply Chain – An Electrium Story appeared first on QAD Dynasys Blog. At Electrium, the supply chain is really in the center of their current and future strategy.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

JULY 15, 2015

Yes I know, the recent blog posts have been a little Blog Gold meets Classic Blog with a touch of All Our Yesterdays and the History Channel but here is a fresh new offering. The last few months have been very busy both on the business and domestic fronts.

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QAD

JULY 7, 2022

In April 2022, allegations arose claiming children as young as 10 in Ghana , West Africa were harvesting cocoa beans for food industry giant Mondel?z Counting the Cost of Ignorance appeared first on QAD Blog. It doesn’t take a very deep search to uncover recent global headlines of abuses in production.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

One of the more important observations from the March S&P Global report was the following: “ Inflows of new work strengthened from both domestic and export markets, the latter reportedly reflecting better sales to Africa, Asia, Europe and the U.S.” U.S. Manufacturing Growth Shows Signs of Rebound The two followed indices of U.S.

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AIMMS

JULY 10, 2018

North Star Alliance , for instance, uses optimization to find optimal locations for its mobile HIV-AIDS clinics in Africa. Yeah, I follow the blog of a mathematician named John Cook. There are many great examples where advanced analytics have contributed to social good. Willem-Jan van Hoeve. Those are very touching examples.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Istanbul and the surrounding region is the perfect place to manufacture goods for – and distribute them to – Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Blogs International Supply Chain Summit Istanbul Supply Chain Movement Supply Chain Professional Award Turkey Turkish' I hope you will enjoy this magazine. Happy reading! Menum oldum.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 2, 2019

ElMarie shares how moving from South Africa to the U.S. I was born, raised and educated in South Africa in the towns of Cape Town, Bloemfontein and Pretoria. ElMarie scuba diving off the coast of South Africa. The post How Diversity and Adversity Can Challenge and Grow your Career appeared first on Supply Chain Nation Blog.

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

It is worth noting that North America has a much higher emission intensity than sub-Saharan Africa, despite Africa being significantly larger and housing more countries. The post Now or Never: Why Supply Chain Sustainability is Non-Negotiable in 2022 appeared first on Locus Blog. parts per million. Schedule Demo.

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Kinaxis

JULY 25, 2016

Coming from a logistics and distribution background, he helped the company enter Africa and grow in China, Latin America, and other markets. We’ve mentioned it countless times on this blog, but with the supply chain talent wars heating up, your team has rapidly become your most valuable asset in managing your operations.

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 28, 2014

It was originally posted on the Humanitarian @ MIT blog. Nine pallets of caps, gowns, boots, and masks are sitting at the JFK airport in New York City awaiting the next available flight to West Africa. Fortunately while writing this blog entry, news broke that Brussels Airlines is resuming flights to Liberia.

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Locus

JULY 25, 2023

predicted that the retail industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is on the verge of a pivotal shift. “E-commerce Schedule a Demo References: [link] [link] [link] [link] The post Optimizing Last-Mile Fulfillment for FMCG Businesses in the Middle East appeared first on Locus Blog. In 2019, Bain & Co.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 18, 2018

And a further interesting pilot by Maersk and IBM involves avocados from Africa to the Port of Rotterdam. In another case, Walmart, Unilever and Nestlé are exploring the use of blockchain to guarantee food safety.

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