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Black Friday was the busiest shopping day of the year for South Africa in 2022, with online spending
growing significantly, especially in the electronics, clothing, and home appliances product categories.
This event shows that retailers and e-commerce players need to be prepared for peak shopping periods
throughout the year.

In today’s volatile business environment, supply chains have had to undergo a significant transformation. They are no longer linear processes. They have become dynamic and interconnected ecosystems capable of rapidly adapting to emerging technologies, market trends and global challenges. To ensure that African supply chain professionals are equipped to understand the changes, challenges and ...

Managing Risk in your Supply Chain_Summary - November 2023

Dr Ridwaan Asmal, Dr Meshel Muzuva
MANCOSA Academics

Black Friday – Become a Pro Shopper and Make the Most of It

While South Africa’s electricity crisis is cited by many as the reason that the country is not ready for electric vehicles (EVs), Accenture’s Greg Cress contends that loadshedding could be the catalyst for the decentralisation of the country’s green energy roll out and may fuel the shift to emobility.

Globepak Achieves World-class Manufacturing Efficiency with Warehouse Management System
Operation Headquarters: Johannesburg, South Africa
Inhance Solution: Warehouse Management System

SAPICS ultimately seeks to ensure that through various events, activities and education interactions it is able to provide individuals and organisations with improved knowledge, industry leading content and best practices pertaining to the Supply Chain Management Profession. Through our network of carefully selected authorised education partners, SAPICS is able to offer not only the international ...

Urgency and hope were the key messages delivered in an important update on the National Logistics Crisis Committee’s (NLCC’s) work at the recent SAPICS Spring Conference in Johannesburg. A panel discussion addressed the status of the NLCC’s critical plans to drive economic growth by improving the performance of industry supply chains, including South Africa’s freight rail and ports.

More than half of the respondents in the 2023 Women in Supply Chain Leadership Survey undertaken by SAPICS (The Professional Body for Supply Chain Management) said that they had experienced or witnessed discrimination in the workplace.

Coordinated Alignment Results in All Round Wins

Globally, avid rugby enthusiasts are preparing to watch the 2023 Rugby World Cup, taking place in France over the next 4 weeks.