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Amid concerns about supply chain disruptions and shortages in the wake of the riots and looting in parts of South Africa, SAPICS (The Professional Body for Supply Chain Management) has urged consumers not to resort to panic buying and stockpiling.

Supply chain management is one of the world’s largest professions and plays a critical role in virtually every industry. The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the importance of proficient supply chain management to keep essential services operating and to ensure that people have access to food, basic commodities and medical supplies, including COVID-19 vaccines. Despite this, however, the profession ...

Healthcare in developing African countries is being jeopardised because pharmacists must often take on the job of supply chain planning, including understanding minimum order quantities, demand signals and planning, and inventory management. Having to take on these responsibilities as well as their duties as a pharmacist who must get the right medicines out to patients in need, can result in write ...

This year’s milestone 45th SAPICS Conference - Africa’s leading education, knowledge sharing and networking event for the supply chain profession - was a huge success, the organisers have announced.

FunxionO enables agile, focused and skilled workforces for the future. “We’re able to deliver on this ambitious purpose because of the sheer scale and quality of skills we can access, delivering people who add value on day one,” says Mike O’Donoghue, Managing Executive for Functional Outsourcing at Adcorp Group. “FunxionO is a subsidiary of Adcorp Group, which spans the entire ecosystem from flex ...

Following years of economic hardship caused largely by the pandemic and exacerbated by the ripple effects of a constrained global supply chain, the South African government’s role in driving economic growth and job creation has been put back into the spotlight.

South Africa’s dire youth unemployment crisis and the critical skills shortage impacting many sectors made this year’s annual SAPICS Young Professional & Student Conference more important than ever, according to SAPICS, The Professional Body for Supply Chain Management.

The ongoing impasse between recognised unions and Transnet is having a devastating effect on our economy – much worse even when compared to the ongoing energy crisis!

Following the severe impact of the pandemic on global trade, astute organisations around the world are prioritising the supply chain and its contribution to overall business efficiency and competitiveness as well as to economic growth. Forward-thinking South African businesses committed to building strong, resilient supply chains that will withstand future disruptions are increasingly recognising ...

The inaugural “People that Deliver (PtD) Global Indaba” saw 250 participants from 40 countries gather in Lusaka, Zambia, to share challenges and offer solutions to supply chain problems, including those in healthcare supply chains, where lives depend on medicines, vaccines and other commodities reaching patients when and where they are needed.