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Lessons From Kroger’s Customer Fulfillment Centers

Obi Tabansi 9 November 2025

Kroger’s Customer Fulfillment Centers

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Supply Chain Lessons from the GM Ventilator Project 2020

Obi Tabansi 10 August 2025

GM ventilator project

6 min read

Timeless Lessons From Dell’s Build-to-Order Strategy in The 2000s

Obi Tabansi 23 June 2025

Pictorial depiction of Dell's build to order strategy

6 min read

Bamburi Cement’s Supply Chain Digitization: A BTS Review

Obi Tabansi 8 June 2025

Bamburi Cement's Supply Chain Digitization

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Lessons From The Failed Adidas Speed Factory Experiment

Obi Tabansi 8 June 2025

Adidas Speed factory experiment and why it failed

6 min read

Failed Expansion: Target Canada’s Supply Chain Mismanagement

Obi Tabansi 1 June 2025

Target Canada's supply chain depiction

6 min read

How Massmart’s Supply Chain Survived South Africa’s 2021 Unrest

Obi Tabansi 24 May 2025

Massmart's supply chain in crisis

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Unilever Nigeria’s Local Sourcing Strategy That Beat Forex Challenges

Obi Tabansi 24 May 2025

Unilever Nigeria local sourcing strategy

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Why Nike’s Supply Chain Failed During the Pandemic

Obi Tabansi 17 May 2025

Nike's supply chain operations

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How Pep Stores’ Supply Chain Built a Cost-Optimized Operation

Obi Tabansi 12 May 2025

Pep Stores' supply chain depiction

6 min read

How Barilla’s Supply Chain Optimized Distribution Across Europe & Africa

Obi Tabansi 27 April 2025

Barilla's logistics & supply chain operation

7 min read

How Volkswagen’s Supply Chain Navigated Global Chip Shortage

Obi Tabansi 10 April 2025

Volkswagen's supply chain

7 min read

Strategies for Inventory Level Optimization

Obi Tabansi 21 January 2024

inventory level optimization by an inventory professional

7 min read

Warehouse management systems (WMS): The Fundamentals

Obi Tabansi 19 December 2023 13

An active warehouse management system

5 min read

How African supply chains can optimize their logistics operations

Obi Tabansi 21 November 2023

Logistics managers optimizing their operations

5 min read

Optimizing Energy Resources: A Guide for African Supply Chains

Obi Tabansi 11 November 2023

Managing energy resources for supply chains in Africa

3 min read

Packaging and Labelling Guide in African Supply Chains

Obi Tabansi 10 November 2023

A supply chain professional in the middle of packaging and labelling

6 min read

Overstocking: How African Supply Chains Can Manage it

Obi Tabansi 9 November 2023

An African warehouse manager overwhelmed with overstocking

6 min read

Internal Collaboration in Supply Chain Management

Obi Tabansi 30 October 2023

internal collaboration in a supply chain management

3 min read

Agricultural Supply Chains in Africa: Strategies for Optimizing

Obi Tabansi 15 October 2023

Agrocultural supply chain managers in Africa working on optimization

6 min read

Supply Chain Mapping in the Africa Context: The Why and How

Obi Tabansi 11 October 2023

A manager in the midst of supply chain mapping

5 min read

Capacity Constraints in Supply Chain: How to Manage it

Obi Tabansi 8 October 2023

A supply chain manger dealing with capacity constraint

5 min read

Why your Supply Chain Needs a Crisis Management Plan

Obi Tabansi 3 October 2023

A supply chain professional in crisis

6 min read

Supplier Consolidation: Why it Works and How to do it

Obi Tabansi 29 September 2023

A pictorial view of supplier consolidation in process

5 min read

5 Strategies for Identifying Supply Chain Disruptors

Obi Tabansi 28 September 2023

A professional finding supply chain disruptors

4 min read

A Culture of Continuous Improvement in Supply Chain

Obi Tabansi 27 September 2023

A hand stacking continuous improvement sticks together in order

6 min read

How to Optimize Production Scheduling and Sequencing

Obi Tabansi 26 September 2023

Production professionals in the middle of scheduling and sequencing

6 min read

Procurement Process Optimization: A Guide

Obi Tabansi 10 September 2023

A procurement manager thinking about the optimization process

6 min read

Strategies for Achieving Supply Chain Agility in Africa

Obi Tabansi 3 September 2023

Supply Chain Professional in Africa working on agility

9 min read

How to Build Supply Chain Resilience in Times of Crisis

Obi Tabansi 28 August 2023

A supply chain resilience depiction

5 min read

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