the Supply chain community of South Africa

Strengthening links through real-time connections

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:38:00 +0200

Business process flexibility versus the cost of technology in the supply chain is an ongoing debate within many companies. Jane Thomson, MD of Softworx, an EOH company and distributor of Infor in Sub-Saharan Africa, says savvy manufacturers have recognised the effectiveness of an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system in enabling effective response to change and, reducing long-term IT costs. Read full story... | Send to a friend

GIA releases food and beverage research reports

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0200

Global Industry Analysts (GIA), USA-based research company, has released several research projects in the food and beverage space. Each report aims to provide comprehensive insight into the product's current market scenario, factors influencing the market, growth drivers, and major challenges. The reports also focus on recent research and development activities, and strategic corporate activity of major market participants. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Summit to tackle high food prices

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:03:00 +0200

The two-day food summit currently taking place at Gallagher Estate in Midrand will enable the Gauteng Department of Agriculture to formulate a position on the pricing of food. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Coffee to lead bull market by the horns

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:35:00 +0200

Soft goods such as coffee, sugar, cotton and orange juice are nowhere near their all time high prices like so many other commodities such as energies, grains and metals. The soft sector of this market may be the next leader of the commodity bull market. Within the soft commodities, coffee futures may be next to make a historic market run. Read full story... | Send to a friend

IBM goes green with new software

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:49:00 +0200

The green movement in business is moving beyond recycling paper, water bottles and soda cans. Companies such as IBM are starting to capitalize on the "greening" of the supply chain, especially when it comes to controlling carbon dioxide emissions. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Challenges posed by high food prices

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:41:00 +0200

While food prices have been stable or have fallen in relation to our incomes for much of the past thirty years, the past two years have indicated clearly that the era of cheap food is over. Rising food prices place a severe burden on the poor and government must intervene to support the needy in facing higher food prices. However, higher food prices also provide an opportunity to profit from producing more food for our people. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Research reveals construction industry balancing act

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:31:00 +0200

The current supplychainforesight research into the state of the industry's supply chain demonstrates a sector where strategic supply chain thinking has traditionally been in short supply, but that those companies who are focusing on it are earning competitive advantage. Read full story... | Send to a friend

JF Hillebrand awards supply chain partner

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:22:00 +0200

the company of wine people recently won the JF Hillebrand Supply Chain Partner of the Year Award for 2008. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Bread prices rocket again

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:28:00 +0200

High cost of food blamed on climate change. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Big business grips SA wholesale sector

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:15:00 +0200

An alarming concentration of wholesalers in SA markets was revealed on Thursday, 5 June 2008. The worst case is fuel, where six oil giants account for 82% of all petrol and diesel sales. They have the widest profit margin of nearly 6% against SA's average 3.6% wholesale margin. Read full story... | Send to a friend