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Reshoring to the US and Europe Accelerating, Now Also Serving CO2 Emission Reduction Objectives

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In his career Luc has held numerous workshops and trainings, presented in leading conferences in Asia Pacific and has written various articles about SCM. 50% of the interviewed companies have implemented re-shoring initiatives in the last 3 years for up to 20% of their Asia-based production capacity.

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When Variability Is Our Only Constant

Supply Chain Shaman

Food instability in Africa could be an outcome because Russia and Ukraine supply 29% of worldwide wheat exports and 17% of corn with significant exports to the middle east and Africa. One of the most significant issues for students in my workshops is using data that is not perfect. Workshop Participant Feedback.

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3 companies tell you their success with Quintiq

DELMIA Quintiq

The organization manages a global network of 650 warehouses, 900 WFP-owned trucks and 35 fleet workshops. The partnership started in July 2016 with a pilot project in West Africa, which is a very challenging region from a supply chain perspective. With Quintiq, WFP aims to take this to another level.

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What Does it Take to be a Successful Entrepreneur? The Incredible Journey of a Last Mile Pioneer

Logistics Viewpoints

Wumdrop is a successful last mile logistics company in South Africa. He gave us a multi-day workshop on how to do this. We figured the lesson of removing anxiety from a delivery was a scalable opportunity in South Africa. But we felt, instinctually perhaps, South Africa was a different kind of place for last mile delivery.

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The Hill Supply Chain Leaders Climb

Supply Chain Shaman

In Figure 1, I share an example from a data analytics workshop given recently. Now, it is known that Zebras, when they move from region-to-region in Africa, actually change their patterns. Today’s technologies offer great promise. Early in the study of Zebras, naturalists did not believe that Zebra could change their stripes.

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Accelerate Digitisation in the Supply Chain – Leveraging a Data-driven Approach to Optimisation – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The acquisition was key to opening doors to expansion in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Today the company has over 230 team members located across the globe including Singapore, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Sweden, South Africa, Ivory Coast, France, Romania, UAE, Ghana, and Nigeria.

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The role of women in manufacturing

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

In February 2023, a new facility was opened in Cape Town, South Africa, to manufacture products used for renewable energy and clean cooking. The need for higher technical skills, creativity, and problem solving will continue to be desired by corporations and manufacturing companies of all sizes. ” The program takes place over six months.