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Traceability for manufacturers today

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The food and beverage industry is the most important player in South Africa’s manufacturing industry, contributing approximately R85 billion a year to South Africa’s manufacturing sector. Most recently, Nestle South Africa recalled its Kit Kat products over possible contaminants. Download Now.

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Digital transformation for Africa’s manufacturing and distribution CIO and CFO

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

regional research into manufacturing and distribution companies during the Covid-19 period to date. And as a result, the Kenyan manufacturing and distribution sector is receiving half the help of the global average, with Value Add reduced by 0.1% Spending and Innovation – the focus and source of funds. The Manufacturing 4.0

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OMG: Does Omicron Mean the Supply Chain Will Suffer from Long-Haul Covid?

Enterra Insights

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].

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

When the product has a defect after its production, it is sent back to the inventory to reuse or recycle it. These innovations represent a strong commitment from through strategic environmental plans towards sustainable Supply Chain Management. Retrieved from Triple EFF. consulting. EM Ojo, C. Corporate news. Retrieved from Ikea.com.

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Supply Chain’s Must Adapt Before Global Conditions Change

Enterra Insights

He explains, “I almost feel that we should be shouting ‘Vuka’ which in Xhosa (one of the South Africa languages) means ‘wake up.’ How it will self-manage customer inventories. … It provides a clear view of inventory and supply chain activity, and ultimately, it helps create responsive supply chains.”

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Podcast: Predictive Analytics and Digital Transformation Pioneer Knut Alicke

Requis

Some of the OEMs in the automotive industry struggled with the end-to-end processing of leather, which came from South Africa. They could see the entire supply chain right from the first request for materials all the way to the source of the materials in South Africa. Inventory optimization: that’s a very important point.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. I am a manufacturing gal by training. It pains me to see nine out of ten companies are stuck at the critical intersection of cost and inventory turns. Include the supplier’s warehouse and manufacturing locations.