At just 26 years of age, Ru-Kellen Williams manoeuvres massive trucks with precision through tight loading bays every day. Her journey started in Atlantis, and she still calls this Western Cape town home.
Cold-chain operations are built around a critical component: uptime. From refrigerated warehouses and distribution centres to food retail and pharmaceutical logistics, every minute of operational disruption can translate into product spoilage, missed delivery deadlines and increased costs.
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.
Artificial intelligence, robotics, circular supply chains, ethical sourcing, public sector transformation and healthcare supply networks are among the topics that will be under the spotlight at the 48th annual SAPICS Conference in Cape Town next month.
