The ability to manufacture 'just enough' stock to cover orders and deliver 'just enough' product to every retailer is the optimal supply chain scenario in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry...
Andrew Dawson 7 hours ago
The transportation industry provides a vital service to the South African business industry at large. Transporting goods and supplies from one location to another is a vital, but also very risky business.
19 Jun 2019
SANRAL has put together an operations plan for the much-needed upgrades to the Huguenot Tunnel, starting in September 2019...
10 Jun 2019
DHL Africa eShop has seen impressive growth since launching and has now been rolled out to nine more countries across sub-Saharan Africa...
10 Jun 2019
MiX Telematics announced that it will provide Lalgy Transports, a company that operates throughout the Mozambique territory and surrounding countries, with a comprehensive telematics solution...
28 May 2019
Pargo CEO and co-founder Lars Veul shares why he thinks Takealot Pick-up Points make so much sense...
Lars Veul 24 May 2019
Across the manufacturing and distribution sectors, improving operational efficiency is the difference between success and failure...
10 May 2019
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) launched a five-year pilot project to run a 44-pallet Performance-Based Standard (PBS) trailer between Bloemfontein and Upington...
10 May 2019
Marshall McLuhan is better known for creating the term 'global village', a description that describes how borders have effectively disappeared...
Mike Higley 10 May 2019
Takealot.com's flagship Pickup Point at the New Road off-ramp in Midrand spans the N1 highway, allowing motorists to easily collect their online orders...
9 May 2019
Argility is a South African enterprise software development and services company focussing on using industry 4.0 technologies in the retail and supply chain arena...
Evan-Lee Courie 3 May 2019
With supply chains becoming increasingly globalised and more complex, organisations should know all parties in their supply chain network and trust them...
25 Apr 2019
Shoprite is still accepting bursary applications for the 2019 academic year...
17 Apr 2019
South African transport and logistics environment will see significant changes in an attempt to streamline efficiencies and lower costs...
15 Apr 2019
Pan-African e-commerce platform, Jumia, has become the first African startup to list on the New York Stock Exchange...
15 Apr 2019
DHL Express has launched Africa eShop, a platform enabling customers to shop directly from more than 200 US- and UK-based online retailers...
11 Apr 2019
Logistics businesses in South Africa continue to show resilience despite the prevailing economic headwinds...
5 Apr 2019
Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) is expanding its vehicle export operations...
4 Apr 2019
Starting an e-commerce store in South Africa can be a tricky minefield. Luckily, Insaka E-Commerce Academy CEO Warrick Kernes let us in on his six top steps to starting an online business...
Maroefah Smith 22 Mar 2019
Airbus has begun shore-to-ship trials in Singapore with its Skyways parcel delivery drone...
18 Mar 2019
Africa is open for business. With average annual growth for sub-Saharan Africa forecast at 8% until 2023, the continent is looking increasingly attractive as a trade and export destination...
15 Mar 2019
DHL Global Forwarding has been voted Africa's International Freight Forwarder of the Year for 2019, by readers of STAT Times...
25 Feb 2019
During the 2019 Budget Speech, it was announced there will be an increase to fuel levies and that the South African National Roads Agency is allocated an additional R3.5bn over the next three years to improve non-toll roads...
20 Feb 2019
One of the biggest frustrations instore shoppers face is not being able to find products they're looking for - whether they are sold out, hard to find or simply not practical to keep in stock...
Mark Thomson 15 Feb 2019
Visitors to the USA's popular Coachella festival in April will now be able to shop festival essentials from Amazon to be delivered to an Amazon locker located inside the event...
14 Feb 2019
The current loadshedding dilemma is affecting daily functioning on various levels, and motorists, in particular, are voicing distress over interruptions in traffic...
13 Feb 2019
DHL Global Forwarding has consolidated its portfolio of humanitarian logistics services within its first Global Competence Center for Humanitarian Logistics in Dubai...
8 Feb 2019
Hino South Africa has laid out ambitious plans for 2019 and beyond...
4 Feb 2019
Amazon is field testing a new delivery robot called Scout, which the company describes as a "fully-electric delivery system" designed to safely get packages to customers using autonomous delivery devices...
28 Jan 2019
Arlax is a centralised B2B logistics marketplace with the aim to bridge the gap between suppliers and transporters...
Evan-Lee Courie 21 Jan 2019
