Category: Digitalisation

Route Optimization Revolution: Logi-IQ Transforms Logistics Efficiency

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This strategic move underscores the company’s commitment to advancing logistics technology and invites industry professionals to engage with the platform In the intricate realm of logistics management, challenges abound, posing formidable obstacles to operational efficiency and financial prudence. The mismanagement of invaluable resources—time, costs, and fuel—casts a looming shadow, threatening the core of streamlined logistics. Inefficient planning, synchronization bottlenecks, and tracking intricacies compound these challenges, impeding optimal performance. A beacon of solution emerges in the form of route optimization—a strategic tool promising to dismantle inefficiencies, enhance cost-effectiveness, and provide precise…

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PDC set to expand the AIDC and POS market in Africa

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In a significant move that highlights their commitment to expansion and innovation, Bidvest  recently acquired PDC, signaling their intention to become a leading player in Africa’s Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) and Point of Sale (POS) solutions market. These solutions have emerged as indispensable tools in the rapidly evolving business landscape by facilitating efficient inventory management, enhancing customer experiences, and streamlining supply chain operations for businesses across various sectors. Under the capable leadership of Frikkie Koegelenberg, PDC will use its expertise and resources to drive innovation and meet the evolving needs of businesses…

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Bidvest Mobility partners with StayLinked to keep warehouse operations connected

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Johannesburg – 5 July 2023  – Bidvest Mobility, leaders in enterprise mobility and barcoding computing solutions, announced that it is partnering with US-based StayLinked to bring their market leading innovative SmartTE terminal emulation (TE) solutions to South African supply chain organisations and warehouse operators. This partnership combines Bidvest Mobility’s extensive industry expertise and StayLinked’s innovative software solutions, which will provide customers with efficiency, productivity, and reliability improvements into existing Telnet-based Warehouse Management System (WMS) environments. In addition to StayLinked’s SmartTE software, Bidvest Mobility will also provide StayLinked’s robust and highly secure no-code technology adoption…

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Afreximbank launches Africa Trade Gateway, a single window for digital services

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ACCRA, 21, JUNE 2023: The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) yesterday in Accra launched the Africa Trade Gateway (ATG), a suite of five digital platforms that have been designed as a single window to enable the Bank better deliver on its mandate by providing critical services to support and promote African trade and the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Launched by Mrs. Kanayo Awani, Executive Vice President, Intra-African Trade Bank, of Afreximbank on the sidelines of the ongoing 30th Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM2023), the gateway digital ecosystem comprises the…

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The emerging markets e-commerce opportunity

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Author: Mike Bhaskaran, Group COO of Digital Technology at DP World Online retail has boomed in the last two years, triggered by the pandemic which drove consumers to buy their goods on the internet. While this presented a major challenge for bricks-and-mortar retailers, it created a lucrative opportunity for online vendors and e-commerce platforms. Meta most recently jumped on this trend, partnering with JioMart to improve consumer access to food and goods in India – allowing them to make purchases within WhatsApp, a platform used by over 100 million users…

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E-COMMERCE AND Q-COMMERCE BOOM BENEFITS CONSUMERS AND COURIERS

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Imagine a future in which your new cell phone is delivered to your home by a courier who also sets up your new device for you. What about a courier who can deliver a spare part for your washing machine and install it while he is there? These were some of the scenarios explored by parcel industry experts in an absorbing panel discussion on e-commerce and the last mile at the 2022 SAPICS Conference for supply chain professionals. The COVID-19 pandemic triggered unprecedented growth in e-commerce and the courier industry.…

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DIGITALISE YOUR ORGANISATION’S PROCUREMENT OR RISK EXTINCTION, EXPERTS WARN

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The digital transformation of procurement is well underway, and any organisation that is clinging to analog procurement in today’s digital world, is in danger of extinction.  This was one of the key messages from the experts who shared their insights with IT and procurement professionals who gathered online for the third annual IT Sourcing Summit hosted by Smart Procurement World. Held under the theme “Digital Darwinism – Embracing the Technological Revolution”, the summit put the spotlight on the state-of-the-art procurement technologies, processes, tools and expertise that are driving bottom-line value…

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