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Absa Launches Procurement Portal

SPONSORED: New online platform to streamline supplier diversity.

Trends In Supply Chain Management

The pandemic is driving increased application of new technologies to increase the agility, flexibility and customer-centricity of modern supply chains, writes Rodney Weidemann.

A Bright Future

Opportunities abound in South Africa’s fractured energy-supply market with renewable energy promising to light the way, writes Levi Letsoko.

Fleet Management Goes High Tech

Advances in technology are providing fleet managers with solutions that are more detailed, transparent and immediate, writes Anthony Sharpe.

Mr Jeff

Mr Jeff expands to U.S. market with its transformational tech-based laundry franchise.

Covid-19 Third Wave Calls For Resilience, Communication, And Empathy

With the onset of the third wave of the Coronavirus pandemic reaching South African shores, the lessons gained during the hard lockdown and second wave can help franchisors and franchisees better mitigate its effects.

Smaller Is Sometimes Better

Grocery franchises have fared better than many other retail sectors hit by the pandemic, as Caryn Gootkin discovers.

Increasing Diversity In The Supply Chain

Supplier and enterprise development is a vital issue, ensuring that large enterprises pay it forward by growing the skills and abilities of SMEs. Rodney Weidemann takes a deeper look.

DSV Panalpina Acquires Agility’s Global Integrated Logistics Business

SPONSORED: Two years after the acquisition of Swiss-based Panalpina, the Danish transport and logistics company is once again announcing a large acquisition.

Innovations In Fleet Management

Like most business executives, fleet managers are constantly trying to grow their profit by increasing revenue and decreasing costs. Caryn Gootkin looks at innovations that can help.

DSV Healthcare Wins Tender To Distribute Pfizer Vaccines Across South Africa

SPONSORED: DSV Healthcare has been awarded the tender from the National Department of Health (NDoH) to distribute the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 mRNA vaccine to vaccination centres across South Africa. This award is shared with The Biovac Institute, a public private partnership.

How Do SA ‘s Industries Stack Up When It Comes To B-BBEE?

Join Sanlam and the Sunday Times Business Times at the inaugural Sanlam Gauge Digital Conference.

Heavy Lifting

Gym franchises around the country have worked hard to sustain the industry through troubled times, writes Trevor Crighton.

Making Your Franchise A Success: Part II

You’ve done your homework, you’re sure that you want to own a franchise business and you know that you have the financial means to do so: but now what?

Easylife Kitchens

Becoming an Easylife Kitchen franchisee is easier than you think and offers good return on your investment.

Better Trucking Through Technology

In the past two decades, the long-distance trucking game has undergone a technological shift that is making drivers and cargoes safer, and the supply chain more effective. Rodney Weidemann investigates.

Invisible. Intelligent. Innovative.

SPONSORED: Invisible and indispensable. The central intelligence of a logistics system.

DSVDirect Puts Power In Customer’s Hands

SPONSORED: Deliver to 1,600 towns in SA and more than 400 DSV Lockers are situated countrywide.

Franchising 101: Finding The Right Fit

In the first of a two-part series, Karen Keylock, National Franchise Manager at Nedbank Business Banking, discusses the benefits of buying a franchise versus starting a new business, shares growth sectors to consider and weighs in on upfront costs.

Waste Not, Surplus Food Wanted

FoodFoward SA is asking for more donations of surplus food to meet increasing demand, reports Caiphus Kgosana.