As convenience retail continues to grow as an industry sector, retailers must remain focused on the most significant trends that will see their businesses flourish...
Joe Boyle 8 Jan 2019
A recent development has been implemented as a value chain solution stretching across five consecutive roles in the cotton and cotton products value chain, aiming to still link up the remaining three to four roles to complete the journey from cotton farmers to consumers of cotton-based garments and fashion...
Dr Hennie Ras 7 Jan 2019
With the expansion of the internet, most businesses now compete on a global scale. For local companies, however, this brings additional challenges...
Dr Greg Cline 7 Jan 2019
When people reflect upon 2018, most will reference the volatile markets, but for Nando's, it's been exciting to unlock further value for our customers...
Linda Reddy 7 Jan 2019
In South Africa, optimising the supply chain is essential for company performance...
Kerry Hope 17 Oct 2018
Wandisa Vazi, Transnet Port Terminals's East London terminal manager, wants to play her part in Transnet's goal of becoming a top five terminal operator...
Evan-Lee Courie 27 Aug 2018
Linda Reddy, supply chain director for Nando's IMEA, shares some insights into being a dynamic businesswoman...
Evan-Lee Courie 21 Aug 2018
Sahmeer Alli is SAP Africa's industry advisor and value engineer for travel and logistics in Africa. He has over 15 years' experience in the software and management consulting industry. We chat to Alli in light of #AfricaMonth...
Ilse van den Berg 22 May 2018
Hapag-Lloyd recently opened a new office in Tema, Ghana as it continues its expansion across the continent. We interviewed Samad Osman, the Africa managing director for Hapag-Lloyd, and found out more about the current state of business for a logistics company in Africa...
Ilse van den Berg 14 May 2018
Transport and logistics is fast gaining prominence as a sector to watch globally. Increased intercontinental trade has meant increased connection across different size economies...
Mandisa Maketa 7 Feb 2018
The logistics industry is in the midst of one of the greatest revolutions in history, thanks to digitisation, technology advancing at such a rapid pace, and business owners adopting new, forward-thinking, collaborative business models...
Ilse van den Berg 30 Jan 2018
In Part 1 of the Trade Intelligence Retail Trends 2018 report, we described how globally and locally, we are in the beginning stages of a game-changing revolution in how products are made and sold...
Maryla Masojada 25 Jan 2018
Throughput is imperative in business. The challenge is to mitigate barriers negatively impacting throughput...
Harry van Huyssteen 11 Jan 2018
Historic industrial revolutions have led to the "silent generation" (the likes of Warren Buffet and the Beatles) bearing witness to both pre- and post- liberated populations...
Benji Coetzee 10 Jan 2018
The proliferation of mobile phone networks in Asia-Pacific and Africa has transformed how people connect, communicate and shop...
Mark Mahoney, Aramex 8 Jan 2018
Opportunities for economic growth abound within the exchanges between the formal and informal economies...
Kamogelo Mmutlana 8 Jan 2018
Logistics and imports are undergoing significant changes amidst an increasing awareness on the importance of being cost conscious and needing to find ways to be more efficient...
Dr Greg Cline 8 Jan 2018
Mungo Park, president of leading Southern African supply chain and operations management association Sapics, shares his insights on supply chain trends in 2018, and offers advice to organisations seeking to unlock value in their supply chains and rise to the challenges in the year ahead.
Mungo Park 8 Jan 2018
Cash and carry chain store Makro has acquired a majority stake in South African last mile delivery startup WumDrop, in a move that will allow it to speed up delivery of orders...
Tom Jackson 22 Nov 2017
Working as a buyer for ethical handmade cosmetics company Lush, your travels could take you sourcing neroli oil in Tunisia, blue chamomile oil in Hungary and shea butter in Ghana...
Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Oct 2017
Us humans have a heuristic bias to sell our winners and hold onto our losers. That's not the way to build wealth. Better to hang onto your winners and cut your losers loose...
Alan Knott-Craig 18 Oct 2017
Cross-border e-commerce is on the rise. An estimated 1.4 million South Africans shopped internationally in 2016, spending an estimated R8.8 billion...
Lauren Hartzenberg 13 Oct 2017
Supply chains and logistics are crucial parts of any business but more needs to be done to ensure that they are as eco-friendly as possible...
Boris Dzhingarov, Monetary Library 11 Oct 2017
Road freight's steady growth trajectory looks set to continue, but it is paralleled by a troubling rise in accidents involving trucks...
Morné Stoltz 13 Sep 2017
It's often agreed that the trickiest part of the supply chain is not the sourcing, but getting the product to the consumer...
Lauren Hartzenberg 18 Aug 2017
Faced with ongoing disruption that is largely being fuelled by technology and innovative software development, almost every industry is being forced to rethink traditional strategies...
Kate Stubbs, Barloworld Logistics 18 May 2017
NEWSWATCH: 23 March 2017 saw the release of WikiLeaks' Vault 7 "Dark Matter", a cache of documents which explains the techniques used by the CIA to gain 'persistence' on Apple Mac devices...
Ilse van den Berg 24 Mar 2017
Companies invest in many systems to power the supply chain: warehouse management systems, transportation management systems, ERP platforms....
Kerry Hope 16 Mar 2017
In 2017, supply chains and logistics will be shaped by smart partnerships...
Kate Stubbs 9 Jan 2017
South African startup Fastvan is to roll out a new app on Android and iOS in January that allows users to send hundreds of parcels in minutes...
Tom Jackson 12 Dec 2016
