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Your FMCG Supply Chain in 2018: 5 Problematic Predictions

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Chris Rea has finally found the correct turn off, a lot of people in Africa still don’t know its Christmas and the novelty Santa toilet seat cover is back in the box. Oh, and chocolate Easter eggs are in the shops 4 months in advance.

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Supply Chain Roundtable Series: Getting Demand Forecasting Right 

Unleashed

Our experts explain that best-practice demand planning begins with a top-down forecast. We’ve got two clients who brew beer: one local, and one across the border in South Africa. And the product in South Africa’s done really well in the market there.” “The There must be an element of realism.”

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How Do You Define a Mature Supply Chain Planning Organization? (Part 1)

Supply Chain Shaman

Definition of push/pull decoupling points and the role of postponement to improve inventory as a supply chain buffer to improve agility. Concerted plans that focus on inventory management as one part of the supply chain as a complex system. Tomorrow, I board my long flight from South Africa. Manufacturing.

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23 warehouse pros reveal the best ways for warehouses to control & reduce fulfillment costs

6 River Systems

Sophie Miles is the VP of Marketing & Co-Founder of CalculatorBuddy.com , a tech company in expansion to USA, Canada, and South Africa. He has over 20 years of experience managing inventory and production planning. This process gives management insights into how to improve processes and cut costs at every level.

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Supply Chain Market Report – August 2022

Elementum

BRICS is an alliance between several countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) to do just that. Demand variability. As you know, every supply chain revolves around a Demand plan. This would also put pressure on other countries to find an alternative form of currency for trade.

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Top 20 Verified Supply Chain Experts You Can Hire

SCMDOJO

Expertise: Agile Project Management, Lean Implementation in Warehouse, Supply Chain Simulation & Modelling, Warehouse Management Systems, Inventory Management, Business Intelligence (Power BI, Tableau, Google Data Studio), Advanced Excel Skills, warehouse management. Contact him now!

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Trade Gecko Sunset: 9 Risks, Tips & Insights from the Experts

Unleashed

Whether you’ve done anything about it yet is another story… We spoke to two software implementation experts – one based in the UK, the other in South Africa – about how late is too late to make the change to new software, and what TG-based businesses should think about now ahead of the dreaded sunset date.