Author: Supply Network Africa

DP World created more than 19,000 jobs and drove $13 billion of socio-economic impact across South Africa and Nigeria over 2022 and 2023, according to independent research by consulting firm, Accenture. Since acquiring Johannesburg-based Imperial Logistics (Imperial) in March 2022, DP World has significantly expanded its presence and scale in both countries. DP World’s operations […]

Cybersecurity threats are constantly evolving and becoming more sophisticated, requiring organisations to recognise that their employees are both their greatest asset and their greatest vulnerability. While employees are often seen as the weakest link in the security chain due to the unpredictable nature of human behaviour, they can also be transformed into the strongest line […]

Simplifying student registration from a tedious 90-day process to under an hour, and more than doubling their enrolment numbers, is exactly what Eduvos has achieved, through a partnership with Microsoft technology partner Braintree. Having previously struggled with a manual enrolment process and fragmented operating landscape, this institution has now implemented a streamlined Microsoft and Dynamics […]

Between horror movies and my late mother, I have always been nervous of funfairs. As a child, the repeated and unspecified warnings of “what goes on there”, was a constant refrain:  so much so that if I were to picture a carnival, the image would be of a drug cash- and-carry supermarket on the one […]

As the hype around AI, and more particularly, Generative AI, continues to grow, manufacturers must assess the benefits of adopting this cutting-edge technology into their platforms and processes. Similar to the innovation in cloud technology, the closer AI is to a business’s processes, the more transformative it will be. In context of ERP, generative AI […]

While there are a variety of cybersecurity frameworks that exist, all of them in some way allude to better resilience outcomes. The most commonly adopted among these frameworks is the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which provides guidance and best practices for private sector organisations to follow to improve information security and cybersecurity risk management. The framework […]

Infobip recently achieved a significant milestone by successfully implementing a Rich Communication Services (RCS) channel for ecommerce platform Bob Group, making this Infobip’s first live RCS client in South Africa. The partnership aims to enhance customer communication and drive efficiencies for Bob Group’s Ship Logic platform. Empowering Bob Group’s ecommerce platform Bob Group was founded […]

Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a leading digital solution provider enabling businesses to intelligently connect data, assets, and people, today announced the findings of its 2024 Manufacturing Vision Study.  The study showed that 61% of manufacturers expect AI to drive growth by 2029, up from 41% in 2024. This surge in AI adoption, combined with 92% […]