Exporters Western Cape (EWC) has secured a major engagement opportunity for the region's export community, with Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy set to address members and stakeholders on 2 June at the Nedbank Auditorium, V&A Waterfront in CT.
The Lobito Corridor project, the multibillion-dollar, 1 300km railway development connecting Angola’s Atlantic port of Lobito to the mineral-rich DRC and Zambia, has highlighted the urgent need for South Africa to ramp up its status as a value-added industrial hub.
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.
The 48th annual SAPICS Conference at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town from 19-22 July, marks 60 years since the founding of supply chain industry body SAPICS.
