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How to Enjoy Successful Supply Chains Amid Wars and Geopolitical Crisis
It’s the wars and rumours of war season, but it’s not an excuse for your supply…
The Philips Saga: Why Nokia’s Supply Chain Survived
In 2000, a fire broke out at a Philips new semiconductor plant in Albuquerque, New Mexico,…
The Three Levels of Supply Chain Management
A successful supply chain operation is all about effective decision-making across all levels of supply chain…
Why Digital Supply Chain is Necessary
Leveraging technology to improve outcomes is the core goal of the digital supply chain. Transparency across…
Why is There Slow Supply Chain Digitization in Africa
Although supply chain digitization of in Africa and the rest of the world is not a…
Why is There a Global Supply Chain Crisis?
It’s been one thing after another since the pandemic started. Now, we are experiencing an extended…
8 Supply chain Rules
Supply chain rules give you the why and how to enforce discipline in your operations. These…
6 Supply Chain Models You Should Know
Every business relies on one or more supply chain models. While supply chains share the primary…
7 Strategies for Reducing Supply Chain Costs
One of your primary goals as a business owner or supply chain manager is to run…
7 Guidelines to Reduce Supply Chain Lead Times
Supply chain lead time, at its core, measures the speed and efficiency of the operation. It…
Supply Chain Collaboration: Why You Need It
With competition at an all-time high, there has never been a more urgent need for supply…
6 Solutions to The Impact of Forex on Supply Chains in Nigeria
With countries reeling from inflation and the impact of forex on supply chains, many organisations are…
9 Tips for Supply Chain Beginners
It is the season for supply chain beginners. You are not alone. In the wake of …
People Management in Supply chain: A Complete Guide
It is true there have been astronomical advancements in technology. Yet, people management in supply chain…
5 Key Supply Chain Management Principles You Should Know
It goes without saying that only the supply chain that works will survive in the increasingly…
4 Myths Plaguing Ethical Supply Chain
No doubt, an ethical supply chain has become an increasingly valuable asset for businesses across the…
Groundbreaking Supply Chain Research Centre Poised to Revolutionize Africa
A landmark collaboration between Supply Chain Africa, Adebayo Adeleke LLC, and Ladoke Akintola University of Technology…
How access to financing can transform African supply chains
Access to financing has all it takes to ensure African supply chains can have the freedom…
Five drivers of competitive supply chain
Competition is not a new phenomenon. Countries, companies, and humans have always competed with each other.…
BioNTech opens mRNA vaccine plant in Rwanda
BioNTech opens $150 million manufacturing plant for its mRNA vaccine in Rwanda. In a groundbreaking move…
Snippets from the recent supply chain excellence Award by ACSC
The ACSC (African Centre for Supply Chain) has honoured professionals and companies with the 2023 Supply…
Impact of supply chain advancement on African commerce
Supply chain management has been quite transformative in African commerce, but how? Whether globally or in…
Goods and Service supply chains: A Guide on the Differences
Though the goods and service supply chains are similar, understanding the differences between them is also…
6 tips for eliminating supply chain downtimes
Supply chain downtimes are usually due to a ripple effect of a disruption or delay in…
South Africa’s manufacturing and mining bounces back slightly
It’s not all bad news for South Africa’s economy, as its mining and manufacturing sectors show…
After raising over $2million Pivot is set to shut down
Pivo, the Nigerian fintech that aimed to revolutionize banking services for small businesses and their supply…
Regulatory and policy changes in Africa: What supply chains can do
Like supply chains, governance, whether in Africa or any other continent or country, is supposed to…
Starbucks’s Supply Chain Challenges and how it overcame them
Starbucks is a well-known coffee chain that has been in operation since 1971. The company currently…
Demand volatility in African supply chains: How to manage it.
Demand volatility is not a new supply chain concept, although the last pandemic blew it out…
