Tag: Supply Chain

The apparel sector has been fundamentally altered by the impact of COVID-19. The last number of months have seen increasing pressure on the sector due to abrupt order cancellations, halted payments for suppliers and workers along with enforced factory and store closures.

COVID-19 came to be the reset button for our world. There is massive innovation afoot: everything is becoming digital, interaction, distribution channels, and a myriad of new receiving devices to play in this digital space. There is also a greater choice, giving the user the control to demand what they need, when they need it, and where, allowing people to craft the services they desire.

The rapid global spread of COVID-19 has forced business, education, and social activities to be conducted virtually. But amidst the crisis, platform companies are enabling video conferencing, food, grocery and essential supplies delivery, AI-driven COVID-19 tracking, social connectivity, and entertainment for a restless population sheltering in place.

The World Health Organisation declared the corona virus as a global health emergency, urging that the global community should demonstrate solidarity and cooperation in responding to the outbreak.

A sceptic may observe that BBBEE is trying to be everything to everyone. That on the one hand it is trying to ensure the levelling of playing fields for Black, Indian Coloured and naturalised Chinese people amongst a workforce which has traditionally been white and male dominated. At the same time BBBEE is trying to level the playing fields for women and the disabled.

One technology that can transform your supply chain is blockchain. Surprised? Don’t be – there’s much more to blockchain than the world of cryptocurrency and finance.

Green credentials have become a fashionable must-have for organisations in most industries, however, to effect real change, environmental policy needs to be far more than rhetoric, or indeed, a compliance exercise.

Barloworld Logistics - Why outsourcing can unlock value in tough economic times - Smart Supply Chain Solutions

If Africa wants to change how it trades with the rest of the world, it needs to start by rethinking how it trades with itself. Without urgent improvement, Africa risks remaining a supplier of solely primary materials to which others add value. But to succeed in moving higher up the global value chain, Africa will first need to develop efficient local and regional supply chains to facilitate higher levels of trade within the continent itself.

Around the world, consumers are becoming increasingly focused on convenience within every sphere of their lives. With technology fuelling an ever-quickening pace of life,...