Digital marketplaces such as Amazon, Alibaba, click and collect models, and food delivery ecosystems have rapidly changed consumer behaviour, and increased the demand for convenience...
Haydn Townsend 3 May 2021
The persistent nature of Covid-19's disruption on the manufacturing industry highlights a need, and an opportunity, to rethink business operations to be more adaptable to market dynamics...
Robin Fisher 9 Apr 2021
Twenty years ago, there were in excess of 50,000 to 70,000 artisans employed throughout the mining, manufacturing, construction and local authorities' sectors in SA...
Danette Breitenbach 28 Mar 2019
In recent years, digital transformation has been responsible for driving significant change in the industrial world...
Ronald Ravel 27 Mar 2019
There's a major shake-up happening in the plastic manufacturing industry. And the change is happening remarkably quickly across the world for converters and brands alike...
David Drew 7 Jan 2019
Faced with customer demands that are evolving faster than ever and the pressure of ongoing economic uncertainty, manufacturers are turning to digital transformation...
Kate Mollett 15 Oct 2018
Innovation happens at the speed of trust, not the speed of technology. Roby Stancel from Virtual Consulting International explains this using the automotive industry as an example...
Danette Breitenbach 27 Jun 2018
The two countries with the lowest employment in the world, Germany and Japan, are also home to the world's most automated manufacturing industries in the world...
Danette Breitenbach 26 Jun 2018
For manufacturers to stay ahead they need to think consciously about the next thing and come up with the next thing...
Danette Breitenbach 26 Jun 2018
In same the way as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Revolutions did, the 4th Revolution is creating discomfort around the globe...
Danette Breitenbach 26 Jun 2018
A benchmarking competition that recognises manufacturing excellence, Factory of the Year was launched locally at this year's Manufacturing Indaba...
Danette Breitenbach 25 Jun 2018
With its multiple effect, manufacturing is the one sector in the economy that has the potential to create the jobs the country needs so desperately. But the industry is under threat and has declined...
Danette Breitenbach 25 Jun 2018
One can import just about anything to South Africa, including cars, but that doesn't mean it's going to be easy...
Jeff Osborne 9 May 2018
