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Bidvest Mobility helps customers

plan for peak season

BIDVEST MOBILITY is working closely with its Executive at Bidvest Mobility, mobile computing
customers to ensure that that they have the and barcoding devices play a key role in the
necessary mobile computing and barcoding smooth operation in each stage of the supply
technology in place to support their supply chains chain. “The first step is to ensure that all equipment
during the peak season. COVID-19 has made is operational and there are sufficient stock levels
predictions and processes more complex as the of media supplies, such as labels and ribbons to
supply chain has had to gear up for a large increase mark all the products,” he advises.
in online sales, as well as ensuring a contactless and During COVID-19, there has been an uptake of
safe experience for both staff and customers. Bidvest Mobility’s Asset Control software, which
According to Simon Grisdale, Managing manages all mobile devices and accessories in an
operation as items are issued to a specific user
in order to create a chain of custody to track and
trace devices in real-time. This can include barcode
scanners, mobile computers, label and barcode
printers, headsets and other accessories and
devices.
Grisdale said that a new cleaning module has
been added to the software solution to ensure the
traceability of the cleaning of all mobile devices as
they are used by different operators during shifts,
especially important during COVID-19. •

bidorbuy, uAfrica launch aggregated shipping

service for sellers and buyers

Courtesy www.bizcommunity.com
BIDORBUY HAS strengthened its shipping offering
with an easy-to-use facility that will source quotes
from leading courier companies and offer the
most competitive rate at the time of shipping.
The platform, called bidorbuy Shipping, is made
possible through a partnership with uAfrica.com, a
technology company that assists online merchants
with omnichannel solutions, streamlining their
order-fulfilment and shipping processes. bidorbuy
Shipping will generate electronic shipping labels at bidorbuy seller may log in, navigate to the selling
the click of a button, while payments for the service section, click on ‘Sign up with bidorbuy Shipping’
are made through a bidorbuy account, meaning and follow the on-screen prompts. uAfrica.com’s
simpler, safer shipping all around. aggregating facility ensures that the buyer gets bang
For smaller, independent and localised merchants for their buck, but also allows the seller to maximise
who trade on platforms such as bidorbuy, the order- their profit on each transaction. And because sellers
fulfilment process has up to now differed from one no longer have to continually follow up on each
merchant to the next because a standard shipping shipment and pass on the information to buyers, they
facility wasn’t built into the offering. “But that is now have more time to focus on their core offering –
changing,” says Craig Lubbe, CEO of bidorbuy. selling their product.
“Consumers in South Africa are now comfortable For buyers, shopping remains the same, but now,
with selling or buying online, and with that comes once they’ve placed an order with a seller who is
an evolving set of needs and expectations, one of registered to the service, they’ll receive an email
them being a commitment on how shipments are listing their purchase delivery tracking details. Both
delivered and at what cost.” the buyer and seller will receive automated shipping/
In a quick and easy four-step process, the tracking updates throughout the delivery process. •

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