Vanguard has successfully completed the end-to-end transport and installation of a 360ton stator, delivering it from Wroclaw, Poland, to its final position at Matla Power Station in South Africa.
Fuel is the largest controllable cost in most fleets, yet it’s still managed after the fact. Spend is reviewed at month-end, the same questions repeat, and the same waste returns. When fuel is sitting at 30-40% of total operating cost, and a meaningful portion is preventable through better driving behaviour, that’s not a small gap.
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.
As regional trade intensifies and supply chains come under increasing pressure, Stanbic Bank says the next phase of Africa’s corridor development will be defined not by infrastructure investment alone, but by how efficiently those systems convert movement into economic value.
