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How manufacturers can respond to supply chain disruptions

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The further disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could cause major disruptions to the global supply chain and impact South Africa. Supply chains over the years have predominantly focused more on minimising end-to-end costs, reducing inventories while driving up asset utilisation. Supply chain challenges.

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Unleashed SME Supply Chain Resilience Roundtable: Improving Cash Flow in a Manufacturing Business

Unleashed

In South Africa, there are a lot of third-party fulfilment companies , so costs were going up with them.” His team rely on Unleashed inventory management software to pull that data and break it down into accessible reports. And from 2017–2023, we managed to amass a huge amount of data. [The

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The Zika Panic and its Effects on the Supply Chain

RFgen

Recently, concern over the Zika virus affects harvesting and manufacturing in Africa and shipments around the world , according to Computerworld. As of now, there are Zika outbreaks in West Africa and South America, with a few cases in the U.S. West Africa has seen the greatest number of infections.

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The Zika Panic and its Effects on the Supply Chain

RFgen

Recently, concern over the Zika virus affects harvesting and manufacturing in Africa and shipments around the world , according to Computerworld. As of now, there are Zika outbreaks in West Africa and South America, with a few cases in the U.S. West Africa has seen the greatest number of infections.

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News Round-Up: 3 Businesses Prioritizing a Green Supply Chain

RFgen

Apple’s been sharing its supply chain logistics management information with the public in an official release for the last 10 years. Wal-Mart set a goal years ago to analyze its shipping, warehouse management, storage and picking procedures to determine the actual cost of an individual product.

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News Round-Up: 3 Businesses Prioritizing a Green Supply Chain

RFgen

Apple’s been sharing its supply chain logistics management information with the public in an official release for the last 10 years. Wal-Mart set a goal years ago to analyze its shipping, warehouse management, storage and picking procedures to determine the actual cost of an individual product.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 12-16, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Cosco, China Shipping Group in Advanced Merger Talks (WSJ – sub. The combined companies will have a more balanced geographical footprint with approximately 61% of revenue in Europe, Middle East and North Africa, 17% in Americas, 16% in Asia (APAC) and 6% in Sub-Saharan Africa. Inventory Management.