Tag: Supply Chain

Across every sphere of business and manufacturing, new digital tools, systems and platforms are upending traditional strategies and approaches. Fuelled by powerful software systems and smart apps, the digital era is forcing business leaders to adapt and embrace more agile ways of operating. Within global supply chains, digitisation is already disrupting businesses.

Automation continues to have a positive impact on the private sector locally and abroad, increasing productivity, customer and supplier satisfaction, and revenue as a result of massive cost savings and efficiencies gained across many industries.

"With several economists of the opinion that the price of petrol and the fuel levy will continue to rise this year, the knock-on impact...

In a world driven by big data, the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud connectivity, applications have become the system we use to record...

The outcomes-based approach of King IV is a timely invitation for corporate South Africa to get better at managing risk in a world that is...

The South African manufacturing industry has come under significant pressure in the last decade. According to Deloitte’s Global Manufacturing Competitiveness survey, South Africa is...

According to the 2016 African Economic Outlook report, Africa’s annual GDP growth increased from around 2% in the 1980s and 1990s to above 5%...

Globally, business is moving into a period of higher market disruption - with economic upheaval, political uncertainty and industry innovation all challenging the ability...

In recent years, several major studies have demonstrated that having more female leaders, board members, managers and supervisors leads to better business outcomes including...

Barloworld Logistics’ supplychainforesight 2016 report reveals the universal alignment of supply chain strategies with business strategy. Without doubt, the complex nature and fast pace of...