‘SA challenges echo global supply chain issues’

ALAN PEAT
THE SA supply chain industry
is keeping pace with global
trends and practices, according
to local delegates who attended the recent conference and exposition of the association
for operations management
in America (Apics) in Orlando, Florida in the US. According to Cobus Rossouw and Reuben Badana, directors
of the SA sister body, Sapics,
the most significant finding was
that “we in SA are not lagging behind the rest of the world”. “It was also interesting to
note that the American –
and the global supply chain community represented at
Apics – are facing similar challenges
to the SA industry,” said Rossouw. These include cross-functional process integration; leveraging value from information technology; and continuing pressure to
reduce supply chain costs.