Supply chain CEOs ‘optimistic’ – survey

Early indications are
that the country’s major
industries are taking an
optimistic and strategically
positive view of the ways
in which South Africa’s
supply chains will
enable recovery from the
recession.
That’s according to
the soon-to-be-launched
supplychainforesight
research study sponsored
by Barloworld Logistics
and conducted by
international research
specialists Frost & Sullivan.
In the 2009 study,
South African CEOs were
addressing the recessionary
conditions by aligning
supply chain and business
strategies. This was seen as
a survival tactic, designed
to reduce costs and increase
efficiencies.
The focus of the 2010
research, however, is
not on survival, but on
approaches to the upturn,
and how South Africa’s
industries can become
more competitive in what
is bound to be a more
chastened and cautious
post-recession
economic world.
South African CEOs
have therefore already
begun to focus on strategic
alignment, lead time
reduction and the use of,
especially, ERP technology.
This can represent a
competitive advantage for
markets like South Africa’s
that are geographically
remote from major markets.
Full details of the
CEO and senior supply
chain executive views
of the country’s supply
chains post-recession
will be revealed at the
upcoming national launch
of the supplychainforesight
research, early in 2010.
More details are available at
www.supplychainforesight.
co.za