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The top 5 3PL companies in South Africa

TradeGecko

From the moment explorers began inching down the coast of Africa during the Age of Exploration, the Cape of Good Hope and the area eventually to become South Africa, has commanded a strategic commercial presence sitting astride the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

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DSV Rises to the Challenge: Optimizes Complex FMCG Supply Chain

MPO Multi Party Orchestration

When a multi-national FMCG Healthcare company approached DSV – a top global transport and logistics company – they had just opened a new warehouse in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was strategically positioned for multi-modal freight shipments and courier services.

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23 warehouse pros reveal the best ways for warehouses to control & reduce fulfillment costs

6 River Systems

Every warehouse strives for efficient order fulfillment. There are many factors that can impact costs, from warehouse replenishment practices to the warehouse equipment deployed to support the fulfillment process. ” Meet Our Panel of Warehouse Pros: Nate Masterson. Dave Masterson. Nate Masterson. MapleHolistics.

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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. Do you need help figuring out how to become more Sustainable? Retrieved from Triple EFF.

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Case Study: DSV Implements a Single-Instance Control Tower with a Global Footprint

DSV is one of the biggest names in transport and logistics, operating in over 90 countries with a global network of over 75,000 employees. The ambitious project would require extensive visibility and seamless coordination across expansive and dynamic networks.

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The Rise of China-Africa Trade: Why Transportation and Logistics Should be Front and Center

BlueYonder

Perhaps these are premature obituaries, but there is no doubt that the China-Africa trade is a significant phenomenon to reckon with and will have global economic implications in the years to come. Secondly, logistics infrastructure in Africa is terribly inefficient.

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When local problems go global

DELMIA Quintiq

Transportation times and relationships between multiple plants and warehouses. It brings to bear Quintiq’s world record breaking optimization techniques on the modern supply chain, enabling it to automatically consider and adapt in real time to: Multiple supply chain sourcing options in complex global networks.