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Traceability for manufacturers today

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Their purchases are often strongly determined by nutritional value, packaging, and shelf-life. Without knowing which materials came from which suppliers, what batches were mixed together, how and where they were processed and packaged, and finally who you sold them to, you can’t know what they may have come into contact with.

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2021 Manufacturing Trends Revealed by the Pandemic

QAD

In food product packaging, for example, we’re already seeing an uptick in sustainable packaging with a reduced environmental impact. QAD frequently publishes guides to international business by country, such as South Africa, Germany, India and many others; see Doing Business in South Korea. . And more disruption.

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

Sustainable distribution: Distribution of goods usually generates a lot of waste and is can damage the environment, but green distribution consists of green packaging including size, shape, and materials that have an impact on transportation of the goods. Retrieved from Triple EFF. consulting. EM Ojo, C. Corporate news.

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Will Governments Respond to Omicron’s Wake-Up Call?

MIT Supply Chain

The challenge is akin to that faced by material handlers and distributors in supply chains, who use packaging to protect products and support their efficient delivery to consumers. These include tiny bubbles of fats and a molecular coating that are analogous to the bubble wrap and outside packaging used to protect products.

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World Cup in Brazil: Did it make it into your S&OP planning process?

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

You may recall the inventory chaos of the vuvuzelas in team colours at the previous competition in South Africa. The majority of items adorned with the World Cup logo are sensibly generic and not directly linked with any one team.

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

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

13% acknowledged benefit from stimulus packages. Those businesses keen to innovate new capabilities but are not able to execute adequately due to funding and Covid mitigation constraints could mean that other Africa countries’ economies including South Africa may come out of Covid in truly bad shape.

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Taking the Hill

Supply Chain Shaman

Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and chemical companies are close behind, but they are having difficulty “taking the hill.” I will be writing the first draft of the manuscript on my way to South Africa on May 30th. They are constantly asking us “Who does this best? Which industry sector can we learn from?”