Recent storms and excessive rain in certain parts of South Africa, which left homes and infrastructure in ruins, serve as another stark reminder of how vulnerable supply chains are to natural disasters. For logistics providers, the growing unpredictability of weather is fast becoming a factor that needs to be built into daily planning.
The familiar ping of a server response once defined business continuity. If the lights on the dashboard were green, operations were deemed healthy. Still, for South African enterprises navigating today's complex digital landscape, this binary view of availability has become outdated.
Archie Vermeulen is an industry veteran who previously headed national logistics operations for Vodacom as well as Cell C. During our visit to record a video tour of RAM’s new facility (view it here), we spent some extra time chatting to Archie and he shared some insights on people, process & equipment in warehousing. There were some real nuggets in the 9 minutes that we recorded and if you’re involved in warehousing operations, we encourage you to listen to it.
More than 2 000 public and private sector procurement specialists will convene in Jhb next week for the 19th annual Smart Procurement World Indaba, the country’s leading event for the procurement and inbound supply chain profession.
