Trends and Analysis - Channelwise

COVID-19 highlights the vibrancy of SA’s informal economy

Nov 30, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and national lockdown have highlighted the central role that township and informal businesses play in the local economy as well as their resilience under the most difficult circumstances. Accounting for an estimated 3 million non-agricultural...

Cyber adversaries are exploiting the pandemic at enormous scale

Nov 30, 2020

The first six months of 2020 witnessed an unprecedented cyber threat landscape. The dramatic scale and rapid evolution of attack methods demonstrate the nimbleness of adversaries to quickly shift their strategies to maximize the current events centered around the...

Trends driving a radical shift in supply chains

Nov 23, 2020

Supply chains are in the middle of an evolution that will change completely how chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) organise and operate their organisations, according to Gartner. “CSCOs are tasked to design a supply chain organisation that fits into this new era,”...

IoT hits Trough of Disillusionment

Nov 23, 2020

The Gartner 2020 Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy shows that the Internet of Things (IoT) has reached the bottom of the Trough of Disillusionment. The market will begin to climb out of this trough, as the technology advances and practitioners succeed in defining...

Stronger networks will boost supply chains

Nov 23, 2020

Single connections between customer and supplier are often not resilient enough in crisis situations, so supply chain leaders must address that challenge by adding more partners and building an ecosystem, according to Gartner. “Major disruption, such as the Covid-19...

Supply chain professionals focus on circular economy

Nov 23, 2020

Just over half (51%) of supply chain professionals expect that the focus on their circular economy strategies will increase over the next two years, according to a survey by Gartner. In May and June 2020, Gartner surveyed 528 supply chain professionals and found that...

Concerns that supply chain officers need to address

Nov 23, 2020

While the Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the structural and organisational weaknesses of many organizations chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) should address three important CEO concerns, according to Gartner. “When we conducted the annual Gartner CEO and Senior...

Supply chain leaders urged to develop culture of quality

Nov 23, 2020

A single disruption in an organisation causes an average culture of quality to drop 9%, according to a survey by Gartner. And organisations experience on average three disruptions per year. “Covid-19, digital transformation, sudden facility shutdowns or an expansion...

Think differently to leverage Black Friday 2020

Oct 30, 2020

The retail cash bonanza that is Black Friday will have to be approached differently this year in view of Covid-19 prevention measures. But retailers that get it right can end 2020 on a reasonably high note and set themselves up for growth and success. Last year, was...

How safe is it to fly during Covid-19?

Oct 30, 2020

If you check out any airlines’ publicity right now you’d almost feel as though they wrap you in a magic Covid-19 free bubble from the minute you board your flight to the moment you leave. But is this true? To a certain degree it is, as according to the CDC: ‘Most...

The rise of the hybrid office and what it means for local companies

Oct 30, 2020

For companies around the world, COVID-19 lockdown has forced rapid change. Where there was reluctance to adopt remote working and hybrid workspaces pre-pandemic, lockdown made this a non-negotiable. And as the weeks turned to months, many companies have realised that...

Alternative economy proposed for SA

Oct 30, 2020

An alternative economic strategy for South Africa could see GDP doubling in 10 years, 10-million people moving out of poverty, and unemployment cut by two-thirds to 12% by 2030. This strategy, proposed by Dr Nthabiseng Moleko and Professor Mark Swilling, seeks to...

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