Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

While shipping craziness is abating, the issues and implications of the Russian-Ukrainian war, energy shortages in China and Europe, food instability in Africa, and the global water crisis reverberate as disruption after disruption in the supply chain. Inventories increased by 44% due to supply chain volatility. See the pattern?

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Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Supply and Demand Supply Chain Software 219

Logility

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Then we saw a glut of inventory hit the shelves in late summer when those bottlenecks were addressed. Germany, South Africa, and South Korea were abundant in 2022. Last year’s shortages = next year’s oversupply 2. Retailers had to slash prices to deal with the excess. Labor actions like strikes in the U.S.,

Optimal Sourcing 130

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

It only took days following the announcement out of South Africa that a new coronavirus had been detected for that variant pop-up around the globe. In South Africa, where the Omicron variant was first detected, only 25% of the population is vaccinated. The Omicron Virus. ”[3]. they are going to suffer from long-haul Covid).

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South Africa Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Strategy 130

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

It is subject to constant change in the global ecosystem In recent years, the share of total global trade by emerging economies including the BRIICS (Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China, and South Africa) countries has continued to increase rapidly. per cent of global service exports.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 31, 2024

Salaries You Can Expect in Supply Chain Management Region-Wise: Here is a list of salaries for different supply chain designations: Demand planner, Supply chain analyst, Master scheduler, Purchasing manager, Inventory manager, Logistics manager, Procurement manager, Materials manager, Supply chain manager, and Supply chain director.

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StockTrim

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

South African start-up, Supply Run provide supply chain and operations support for clients across Africa. One of their clients is Hungry Lion – a popular fast-food, fried-chicken franchise. Hungry Lion has restaurants across the African continent, and Supply Run’s Alex de Sousa supports staff at their Zambia and Angola franchises.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Will either navigate its vessels around the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, or temporarily pause their journey and reposition them in a safe location. On December 7, the Suez Canal Authority estimated that only 55 cargo ships had rerouted around Africa since November 19. Paused all shipments through the Red Sea (Dec 18).

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Putting Africa on the Supply Chain Map. Rob: So has there been much progress on that, particularly in Africa? I think one, the Association for Supply Chain Management, started a focus on Africa through their foundation. I think many large organizations intentionally forget Africa. And I thought, what a real tragedy.

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DELMIA Quintiq

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The average delivery time of four to six days is now down to two to three days by moving inventory closer to the end consumer with multiple fulfillment locations. could place inventory and fulfill from Sydney for Australasian customers, ready to be delivered locally or to neighboring New Zealand.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Latest Developments As a result of the continued attacks, major container shipping lines continue in re-routing ships around South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope to reach European and added destinations. Tobias Meyer, CEO of DHL Group indicated that the rerouting of ships around Africa is leading to imbalances in container capacity.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Certain vessels are being redirected around the Cape of Good Hope, situated at the southernmost point of Africa, which is causing an increase in their travel duration of up to two weeks. The net impact is slowing down the inventory and availability of finished goods, as well as raw materials to complete the goods.

Predictive Analytics 62

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

JANUARY 10, 2018

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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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 15, 2021

SYSPRO Africa first visited Mombasa Kenya at the main gathering in East Africa of CIOs – CIO 100. There is a need to create relevant investments to enable best customer service from minimum investment in inventory. Here we shared our experiences. Looking at the CIO. The ideal location to let the ideas flow.

Manufacturing Procurement 104

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Goods move through 25 ports of entry into North America and 10 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. There will be one view of inventory across the entire distributed network.”. Because there is now one global view to inventory, the right warehouse can be leveraged to support order flows. But it affected VF less than many.

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Planning Software Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Software 211

BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Certain vessels are being redirected around the Cape of Good Hope, situated at the southernmost point of Africa, which is causing an increase in their travel duration of up to two weeks. The net impact is slowing down the inventory and availability of finished goods, as well as raw materials to complete the goods.

Predictive Analytics 52

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 12, 2022

Using shop-by-store features to check inventory availability before going to make purchases in-store. In creating a seamless omnichannel experience, it is imperative to ensure your products are available when and where the customer expects them, with inventory optimized to the ideal location. . Inventory Visibility.

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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. Faster response times means far less buffering to respond to all sorts of disruptions, such as exchange rate fluctuations or inventory uncertainty. .

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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. 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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EMERGE App

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Inventory costing or valuation is an accounting concept that has a direct impact on your gross profit and thus taxable income. Methods of valuing inventory are simply different cost-flow assumptions about how to allocate your cost of goods available for sale. We’ll start by explaining why inventory costing is important.

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Purchasing Skills Inventory Procurement Solutions Procurement Analytics 58

ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

This, together with lack of visibility, poor planning capability and outdated assets due to high cost of capital, results in ad hoc decisions made in functional silos that are more focused on cost and inventory risk avoidance and less on service, thereby contributing to inefficient (and often, inflexible) supply chain processes.”

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 5, 2023

During a recent “Logistics New Tomorrow” Blue Yonder Live, I spoke with Roy Bridgland, Senior Industry Strategy Director, and Brad Revell, VP of Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) Industry for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Logistics Network Optimization Software 112

Logistics Network Optimization Software Logistics Supply Chain Software Inventory Reduction 112

Unleashed

MAY 6, 2019

The Unleashed team will be making their way to both Johannesburg and Cape Town for the Xero Roadshow — this marks our first time to South Africa! Come and chat with us about all things inventory management and the cloud. The post Unleashed is joining the Xero Roadshow in South Africa appeared first on Unleashed Software.

South Africa 69

South Africa Africa Inventory Management Software Inventory Management 69

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 7, 2023

Within Africa, the adoption of smart manufacturing technologies and solutions has been far slower. Automation of processes such as inventory management, regulatory compliance and invoice verification helps organizations focus more on improving quality and growth.

Analytics Software 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 15, 2021

In Africa, where 38% of food is imported, the issues in global shipping will compound the unrest. Actively use supply chain network design technologies to design buffer strategies (form and function of inventory), and alternate sourcing, manufacturing and transportation strategies. The Harsh Reality. Design Supply Chain Flows.

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Price Reduction Forecasting Software 367

Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

A new study by the SupplyChainDigest analyzing the main components of working capital: Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO), and Days Payables Outstanding (DPO) revealed an uptick in DIO. New Study Shows a Rise in US Company Inventories. This and much more, in your Monday supply chain briefing from Arkieva.

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Unleashed

MAY 1, 2023

Protecting profit margins from ALC inflation ALC (Average Landed Cost) is a crucial metric in demand forecasting and inventory valuation. 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

Forecasting 96

Forecasting Supply and Demand Modeling Forecasting Software 96

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 12, 2022

This improves item-level visibility across the organization, which is crucial not only for cost-cutting opportunities but for managing inventory and ethical sourcing. With technology, manufacturers can accurately monitor suppliers to ensure the right choices are made to meet sustainability goals and preserve resources.

Manufacturing Procurement 105

Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Analytics Optimal Sourcing Procurement Solutions 105

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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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

The acquisition was key to opening doors to expansion in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Tracking the inventory and reorder point gives organizations complete control over their stocking policies is one of the many functions that it deploys.

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Supply Chain Design Software Optimization Software Supply Chain Software Analytics Software 147

Kinaxis

APRIL 28, 2017

Ford has been around for 100 years and the five main regions of the company (North and South America, Asia, Europe and Middle/Eastern Africa) grew up individually. If you’re building products customers don’t want, you have money tied up in inventory and marketing programs, and have to work harder to try to move vehicles.

Capacity 200

Capacity Supply Chain Planning Software Global Modeling Software 200

Techgistics

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Hard to Reach Rural Drones currently provide the most value to areas that have either poor infrastructure, such as rural Africa, or have geographic constraints, such as mountain communities that prevent efficient cargo delivery. This is all great, but not exactly life-changing. It currently takes a month to finish manually.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 5, 2016

Now companies have started outsourcing supply chain business processes like planning, direct procurement, order management, inventory optimisation and reverse logistics. For more information, pelase contact the authors: Eric Kingwill is managing director at ToolsGroup Africa with extensive across the board supply chain experience.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Resource Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Price Reduction 120

E2open

AUGUST 24, 2018

When paint and specialty chemicals producer AkzoNobel looked to improve customer service and raise return on capital by cutting excess inventory, it turned to Terra Technology. So why did AkzoNobel choose Terra?

Supply and Demand 60

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

It enhances LLamasoft’s presence and opportunities in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Although Barloworld has a limited presence in the United States, it has a well-established customer base of global shippers and third-party logistics providers in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and elsewhere in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

EOQ attempts to optimize lot size by balancing manufacturing cost ( Fixed + variable costs) with things like inventory holding costs and capacity utilization. Lean relies on minimization of, among other things, lot sizes, inventory and waiting. of that plan. appeared first on The 21st Century Supply Chain.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 100

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Lean Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software 100

DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 13, 2017

Flexible inventory buffer windows. Balancing sometimes contradictory business goals such as maximizing on time delivery while minimizing inventory. Transportation times and relationships between multiple plants and warehouses. Complex resource capability rules.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

When the product has a defect after its production, it is sent back to the inventory to reuse or recycle it. Johannesburg, South Africa : Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University Of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. Retrieved from Triple EFF. consulting. EM Ojo, C. Corporate news. Retrieved from Ikea.com.

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