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Creating pathways to impact: Investing in supply chain and logistics capacity development in Africa

Author: Grobbelaar, S ; Meyer, Isabella A ; Van Eeden, J ; Vandaele, N ; Van Wassenhove, L ; Besiou, M ; Decouterre, C ; Rafter, S ; Nolting, C ; Dondofema, Richmore A Date: Mar 2023 African logistics and supply chain management capabilities are essential to the performance of the continent's commercial and humanitarian supply chains. This study reviewed the challenges for researchers and practitioners in advancing logistics ... Read more
Fifth annual state of logistics survey for South Africa: logistics value and cost drivers from a macro and micro-economic perspective

Author: Ittmann, HW ; King, D Date: 2008 The theme for 2007’s survey was logistics for regional growth and development and the leading role South Africa plays in the southern African region in terms of economic and logistics development. 2008’s theme is somewhat more inward-looking ... Read more
Green supply chains: a new priority for supply chain managers

Author: Ittmann, H Date: Jan 2011 This article is not a comprehensive overview of green logistics. What it endeavours to do is to sensitise, in a very summarised way, those involved in logistics and supply chain management about the importance of green logistics and to highlight ... Read more
Logistics and supply chain management for the informal business and humanitarian sectors

Author: Viljoen, N Date: Oct 2012 This presentation discusses some of the operational constraints and opportunities humanitarian organisations and informal businesses face. Read more
Recent developments in operations research: a personal perspective

Author: Ittmann, HW Date: Dec 2009 At the 25th anniversary of ORiON it is appropriate to look at the advances in OR during the last 25 years. This paper focuses on what has happened on the international front there is not a focus on OR developments in South Africa as such. By ... Read more
Some thoughts on humanitarian logistics and quantitative methods

Author: Cooper, Antony K Date: May 2008 Some of the research issues in humanitarian logistics and quantitative methods discussed in this presentation are Identifying people in a disaster; Facilitating movement of people and aid; Geographic Information Services (GIS) to support ... Read more
State of logistics: research priorities for sustained improvement

Author: Van Dyk, E ; Ittmann, HW ; Marais, Mario A ; Meyer, I Date: Jun 2006 This article provides a brief overview of the current State of Logistics and government’s response in terms of the National Freight Logistics Strategy. It reviews focus areas in international and local logistics research that were used to ... Read more
Sustainable school infrastructure through effective innovative building technology selection

Author: Mphahlele, C Date: Oct 2014 The aim of the paper is to provide an overview of a model proposed for the selection Innovative Building Technologies (IBTs) and procurement of services supporting the erection of the IBTs that will ensure the construction of a sustainable ... Read more
Understanding data supply chains by using the Supply-Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model

Author: Schmitz, P ; Scheepers, L ; de Wit, PWC ; De la Rey, A Date: Sep 2007 Spatial data such as roads and land parcels is increasingly becoming a commodity that is being created with the aim to sell or to provide spatial information to other institutions for further processing or to decision makers to aid in their ... Read more
Use of supply chains and supply chain managment to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of GIS units

Author: Schmitz, P Date: Jun 2007 The objective of this study is to provide a tool, namely the establishment of supply chains and supply chain management to manage this chain, enabling a GIS unit to respond to the needs of their customers with the right product at the right ... Read more
Using SCM and SCOR in managing GIS products

Author: Schmitz, P ; Marais, Mario A ; De la Rey, A Date: Feb 2006 This is a concept poster which examines the use of supply chain management in planning and managing large or data-intensive Geographic Information System (GIS) projects. Current management models in GIS are either on an organisational or a ... Read more
Using supply chain management to enable GIS units to improve their response to their customers' needs

Author: Schmitz, P Date: Sep 2008 One of the challenges according to Dangermond (1999) and Tomlinson (2000) for GIS units in the 21st century is to be able to manage themselves successfully in order to deliver the right product at the right time to the right customer. Tomlinson ... Read more
Using the SCOR model to manage forensic mapping

Author: Schmitz, P Date: Jul 2010 The SCOR model was used to plan and manage the production of a series of maps that were used in the Taliep Petersen murder case. The South African Police Force contracted the CSIR to create space-time maps using cellular telephone data to map ... Read more
"Wagging the dog": How service delivery can lose its way in the procurement maze -- and could find it again

Author: Wall, K ; Watermeyer, R ; Pirie, G Date: Sep 2012 Supply chain management (SCM) regulations for public sector procurement of goods and services have greatly improved the transparency of procurement procedures, increased the opportunities for alternative suppliers, and reduced the potential ... Read more
'Wagging the dog': supply chain management and service delivery

Author: Wall, K ; Watermeyer, R ; Pirie, G Date: Sep 2013 SUPPLY CHAIN management (SCM) regulations for public sector procurement of goods and services have greatly improved the transparency of procurement procedures, increased the opportunities for alternative suppliers and reduced the potential ... Read more

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