The Importance of Qualifying your Experience in Supply Chain Management: Setting Yourself Up for Success Supply chain management is a complex and rapidly evolving field that requires a diverse set of skills and experience. Whether you are just starting your career as a supply chain manager or are looking…
In today’s globalised economy, supply chain management has become an essential aspect of many businesses. It involves coordinating and managing all activities involved in producing and delivering goods and services to customers. It encompasses everything from sourcing raw materials to delivering finished products to customers. With the growth of…
In the past, a supply chain strategy would focus on long-term goals. But in an ever-changing world, these goals have shape-shifted into short-term aims and often have to change in situ. DR MYLES WAKEHAM and CARL WAKEHAM investigate how SCM education can be morphed in order to meet such…
While consumers might not consider it when doing a grocery run, there are many processes that go into delivering value to consumers. In 2021, the supply chains that service consumer markets involve many players and often span more than one country – if not more than one continent.
The recent unrest in South Africa and particularly in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng demonstrates how fragile the local, national and international supply chain and pipelines are. After experiencing the continued onslaught of COVID-19, the latest and almost unabated riots, pillage and attacks on people and property have created even greater…
Supply chain management and marketing are inextricably linked, write DR MYLES WAKEHAM and CARL WAKEHAM. Organisations should use their supply chain management capabilities and capacities as a basis to support and build their brands and ultimately strengthen their marketing mix strategies. Supply chain management (SCM) is the process and…
Cyber-threats are increasing with the transformation of digital life in the wake of the pandemic. A risk-based approach is needed to safeguard the software and systems that underlie digital supply chains. The procurement process, third-party agreements and source code are areas of concern, write GEORGES DE MOURA and CHRISTOPHE…
The number one factor to impact, well anything, in 2020 was of course COVID-19. Supply chains were not spared. International trade ground to a halt with the volume of Global trade in May of last year down by 17.7% compared to the same month in 2019,…
The IMM Graduate School is adding two new SCM qualifications to its arsenal: A Higher Certificate in Supply Chain Management and BCom Honours in Supply Chain Management. They will be accredited by the internationally recognised Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, a first for any SCM tertiary qualification…
By Dr Myles Wakeham and Annie Beckerling The recent outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of Supply Chain Management (SCM), as a sudden increase in demand for certain products and a complete standstill in demand for others has left many suppliers reeling. However the…
