In recognition of Global Recycling Day (celebrated annually on 18 March), Nespresso South Africa has announced a new partnership with RAM Hand-to-Hand Couriers, to expand its capsule recycling programme, making it even easier and more convenient for customers to recycle their used aluminium capsules.
In many organisations there is a significant gap between the value a company actually creates and the value the market understands - and is therefore willing to pay for. I refer to this as the Value Translation Gap: the distance between the value a company creates for its customers and the value the market recognises, remembers, and rewards.
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.
One of the key topics of discussion to be explored and debated at the 2026 Manufacturing Indaba will focus on how the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) can be translated from policy into practical industrial growth through the development of Pan-African manufacturing value chains.
