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In five short years, between 2010 and 2015 Fargo Courier grew rapidly from having 23 to 87 outlets in Kenya, only 12 of which had access to fibre connectivity. Poor roads and common power outages meant they needed to find a solution that ran off a 3G network for all...

In order for supply chain management to reach any sort of success, there needs to be efficient management. Achieving that requires a lot of factors including automation and perfect coordination. This is extremely important for growing businesses too as they need...

Selecting a new transportation management solution (TMS), whether fully outsourced, hosted, or internally installed, requires much due diligence to pair functional need with strategic vision. Shippers can get the most out of their TMS solution and service provider by...

Every shipment contains something of value to the sender and receiver. That package may have an extraordinarily high monetary value with little emotional equity, or incredibly high emotional value for the recipient but little financial worth. For example, let's take a...

In companies there often needs to be a routine review of commercial contracts between vendors, suppliers and services providers. Supply chain managers responsible for this are expected to get the help of attorneys and other compliance professionals in order to do a...

The week many have been looking forward to has arrived. It’s finally the launch of The African Women in Supply Chain Association (AWISCA); an association that aims to encourage South Africa’s supply chain skills through technical and practical issues that continue to...

How to Achieve the Best Way of Balancing Cost and Service Finding ways to control supply chain costs without sacrificing service has become something companies seek to achieve as they look for ways to do more with less. Immense focus on reducing costs may impact the...

There are normally seven traditional wastes identified in Lean thinking, namely – transportation, inventory, motion, waiting, overproduction, over-processing and defects. However, there are other wastes to look at that are non-traditional wastes in your supply chain...

The field of supply chain and logistics needs innovative, logical thinkers who can be able to keep up with rapid technology advancement and global expansion. The recruitment process for finding the right candidate can be a bit demanding and time-consuming as the...

In small businesses, keeping count of inventory along with checking for inaccuracies in the warehouses may be a bit of a struggle. There are technology tools that assist in managing inventory, but there’s also a need for in-house systems that will be responsible for...

A lot of companies have opted to outsource the reverse logistics function than any other part of the supply chain. At this point, experts have even predicted this trend to continue growing globally over the next 20 years. Did you know that companies such as HP,...

There has been an increase in the number of incidents involving chemical products throughout the years and this factor has made it very important to know how to handle and transport chemical products. International commercial exchanges and receiving merchandise from...