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How manufacturers can respond to supply chain disruptions

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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

While this may prevent critical stockouts, it’s created another problem: All their cash is tied up in inventory, leaving manufacturers desperately scrambling to pay bills and employees on time. In South Africa, there are a lot of third-party fulfilment companies , so costs were going up with them.” Then we hold it in our warehouse.

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8 Inventory Costing Methods That You Might Not Know About

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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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The Zika Panic and its Effects on the Supply Chain

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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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CGE Global Summit Plans Sweeping Reforms Amid Frozen Food Recall

RFgen

All of this comes as the world’s consumer goods industry leaders met at the CGF Global Summit in South Africa to discuss initiatives in global food safety and development. The supplier found contaminates in the frozen peas that were shipped to Dutch Foods, illustrating the importance of having a firm supply chain in place.

Food 52
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CGE Global Summit Plans Sweeping Reforms Amid Frozen Food Recall

RFgen

All of this comes as the world’s consumer goods industry leaders met at the CGF Global Summit in South Africa to discuss initiatives in global food safety and development. The supplier found contaminates in the frozen peas that were shipped to Dutch Foods, illustrating the importance of having a firm supply chain in place.

Food 52