One year since its formation, Netstar’s Global Fleet Bureau represents the largest and most technologically advanced vehicle telematics centre on the African continent. Beyond traditional managed services such as asset tracking and driver behaviour management, the bureau offers live monitoring through known hotspots, real-time fleet manager notifications, and live video monitoring via onboard cameras.
Nearly 1 000 children have died from severe malnutrition in South Africa over just 18 months, a stark and heartbreaking reality recently reported by Daily Maverick. Even one child lost to hunger is too many, but nearly a thousand lives cut short in just a year and a half is unconscionable.
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.
Supply chain industry body SAPICS hosted its prestigious annual Executive Summit in Sandton, Johannesburg, as part of the Leaderex event. The summit brought together supply chain management leaders to explore the evolving role of supply chains as strategic enablers in a world defined by volatility and complexity.
