Obi Tabansi
The Nigerian market can be challenging to navigate, especially in recent years. But it was Shoprite Holdings’...
Obi Tabansi
Obinabo Tochukwu Tabansi is a supply chain digital writer & ghostwriter helping professionals and business owners across Africa explore various strategies that work and learn from the success and failures of various supply chains across the globe. He also ghostwrites social content for logistics & supply chain businesses
Dell’s build-to-order strategy in the 2000s helped the company turn its inventory problems into a competitive advantage....
Caterpillar’s supply chain playbook brought the company out of a downturn, and for close to a decade,...
Jumia’s food delivery service was a pace setter in Africa, and frankly, by all standards, it was...
Seven-Up’s distribution model in Nigeria is a success story that provides a template for how other supply...
Bamburi Cement’s supply chain digitization reshaped how the company moves cement from its factories to customers. Adapting...
Adidas’ speed factory experiment was a bold initiative to revolutionize the footwear supply chain. The idea was...
The Ford and Firestone’s supplier relationship was more than a business partnership. The two families were intertwined....
IKEA’s global supply chain crisis from 2021 to 2023 proves that even business giants and mega supply...
Chowdeck’s food delivery principles have proven that smart last-mile and quick delivery thinking can win in tough...
Target Canada’s supply chain collapse during the retailer’s Canada expansion between 2011 and 2013 is a warning...
How too much cash flow forced Dollar General’s inventory overstocking mistake, leading to a $95 million hit...
The mid‐July 2021 civil unrest in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and Gauteng struck at the heart of South Africa’s...
In the wake of the pandemic, the Ukraine war, and economic woes that plagued much of the...
In October 2021, Kellogg’s supply chain faced a tough test. Over 1,400 cereal workers across four U.S....
MTN’s supply chain has propelled the company to become Africa’s biggest telecom company. Today, the company operates...
Food moves fast, but contamination moves faster. When a bag of lettuce carries disease, hours matter, and...
In early 2020, the world stopped moving because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ships sat still, warehouses emptied,...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chains everywhere collapsed like dominoes. One crack revealed another. Nowhere was the...
A fire broke out in March 2000 at a Philips semiconductor plant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It...
Intel’s supply chain was built for high performance, but maybe not for low prices. The company was...
Most retailers in Africa believe that ultra-low pricing leads to low margins. Unfortunately, that thinking trickles down...
Most companies believe rural Africa is unreachable without deep infrastructure and capital. Promasidor’s distribution engine and and...
Manual distribution is traditional, but tradition no longer works in the 21st century, whether in the West...
In a time when there are many impressive supply chains, Zara’s supply chain stands out quite effortlessly....
Many believe only small or inexperienced supply chains stumble. The bigger the company, the smoother the supply...
Many African supply chain professionals and business owners are told that efficiency in distribution starts with infrastructure....
In 2018, Yum! Brands faced a serious supply chain problem in the UK. A supplier switch gone...
Every time someone orders a Big Mac, they expect the same flavor, freshness, and speed. Their location...
In many parts of Africa, supply chains are held back by manual systems, delays, and unpredictable logistics....
