2020 saw Peloton’s supply chain buckle under the pressure of explosive growth. What started as an unprecedented...
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All supply chain management information and policies in Africa and across the globe, helping business owners build up their supply chain division.
Caterpillar’s Dual Sourcing Strategy was born from hard lessons. In 2011, the Tōhoku earthquake halted the supply...
GM’s 40-day labor strike severely impacted supply chain operations, company profitability, and the broader auto supplier industry....
Most supply chain professionals are trained to plan for demand swings, not production halts driven by regulatory...
Many in Nigeria’s fast-food industry assume that growth means franchising and branding. Both of these do have...
Caterpillar’s supply chain playbook brought the company out of a downturn, and for close to a decade,...
IKEA’s global supply chain crisis from 2021 to 2023 proves that even business giants and mega supply...
The mid‐July 2021 civil unrest in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and Gauteng struck at the heart of South Africa’s...
Most retailers in Africa believe that ultra-low pricing leads to low margins. Unfortunately, that thinking trickles down...
By changing how medicines move across countries like Zambia, GlaxoSmithKline’s supply chain proved that distribution challenges in...
Several components define the success of your supply chain. Prioritizing them may differ between supply chains, but...
A successful supply chain operation is all about effective decision-making across all levels of supply chain management....
Supply chain rules give you the why and how to enforce discipline in your operations. These rules...
Every business relies on one or more supply chain models. While supply chains share the primary goal...
It goes without saying that only the supply chain that works will survive in the increasingly hyper-competitive...
Competition is not a new phenomenon. Countries, companies, and humans have always competed with each other. Some...
Though the goods and service supply chains are similar, understanding the differences between them is also vital....
Like supply chains, governance, whether in Africa or any other continent or country, is supposed to be...
One of the reasons why African supply chains are so strong is because of their embrace of...
Every product has a life cycle. It could be days, weeks, months, or years, but a product’s...
It is no secret that Africa is largely comprised of an informal economy. The secret is more...
Supply chain management can be a massive operation requiring vast amounts of resources, and, in many cases,...
Global supply chains are quickly becoming the norm in Africa. As more supply chains grow and expand,...
There has been much talk about collaboration in the supply chain, but it is usually emphasized on...
As organizations in Africa continue to ramp up their supply chain optimization, integration offers them a seamless...
The modern business climate in Africa is more competitive than ever, and supply chain innovation is one...
Supply chain operations in Africa are evolving quickly, with exciting trends and times ahead for several reasons....
In an age of competition, continuous improvement in the supply chain has emerged as the single biggest...
Although transparency was not initially a part of supply chain management in Africa, it is now increasingly...
Many supply chain managers believe that bottlenecks tend to occur every now and then, but it doesn’t...
