SA needs to up manufacturing sector competitiveness
Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by admin in News-Supply Chain
Frost & Sullivan analyst Laura Peinke believes that the main issue around state tender prices hinges around whether the local manufacturing environment will receive the right support from government, while the economy is kept open to international competition.
Peinke gives her thoughts below on what is needed for South Africa to become a viable manufacturing destination:
Costly protection
Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by admin in Business-Industrial Relations, News-Supply Chain
Experts at Walkers Attorneys say that the new Consumer Protection Act of 2009 is likely to have a significant impact on manufacturers of consumer products in South Africa.
New ISO RFID standard will help trace products in the supply chain
Posted on 12. Feb, 2010 by admin in News-Supply Chain
For reasons of safety and reliability, the importance of being able to trace products throughout the supply chain has strongly increased in recent years. The new ISO 17367:2009 standard will help manufacturers and distributors to track products and to manage their traceability thanks to standardized RF tags.
Next Generation warehousing storage and planning
Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by admin in Events, News-Supply Chain
When: 18 – 19 March 2010
Where: Sandton Sun Hotel, Johannesburg , South Africa
Warehousing and physical distribution practices are changing dramatically. New approaches and methods offer opportunities to cut costs substantially while improving overall operations. In addition, many organisations are now focusing on the impact of warehousing costs on their bottom line and are trying bring [...]
New SYSPRO release heralds quantam leap forward
Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by admin in News-Supply Chain, News-Technology
SYSPRO, a leading, worldwide provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, announced today an upcoming major new release of SYSPRO ERP software. SYSPRO 6.1 represents a quantum leap forward, “simplifying success” with new architecture and modules, feature sets, workflow and customization capabilities. This newest SYSPRO release fully leverages SYSPRO’s knowledge of the ERP needs of [...]
ISO gives food manufacturers new tool to control hazards
Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by admin in News-Food, News-Supply Chain
Thousands of food manufacturers worldwide stand to benefit from a newly published document in the ISO 22000 series designed to prevent and control food safety hazards.
ISO technical specification ISO/TS 22002-1:2009, Prerequisite programmes on food safety – Part 1: Food manufacturing, sets out requirements for prerequisite programmes needed to realize safe products and provide food that [...]
SA spends over R18b on research and development
Posted on 04. Dec, 2009 by admin in News-Supply Chain
South Africa spent just over R18.6 billion on research and development (R&D) in 2007/08, which represents an increase of R2.1 billion of the Gross Expenditure on R&D (GERD) compared to R16.5 billion in 2006/07.
This is according to the latest national survey of R&D activities, undertaken by the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CeSTII) [...]
SYSPRO software foundation of confectioner’s recall plan
Posted on 09. Oct, 2009 by admin in News-Supply Chain
SYSPRO, a provider of visionary ERP for the manufacturing pragmatist, has announced that its software is the foundation of a comprehensive product recall plan in place at Glenview, Ill.-based chocolate maker, Chocolate Potpourri.
Centralised EAM system for Supreme Poultry
Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by admin in News-Supply Chain
Supreme Poultry has taken a leap forward in their asset management practices.
They have contracted with Pragma Products for the implementation of On Key on a single data base to have centralised standards and control between their three abattoirs in Botshabelo, Tigane and Mafikeng.
SYSPRO offers comprehensive support for key Food Safety Bill provisions
Posted on 28. Aug, 2009 by admin in News-Supply Chain
SYSPRO, a leading, worldwide provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, announced today that the company welcomes the proposed US Food Safety Bill, noting that functionality within SYSPRO ERP is fully supportive of the bill’s key provisions. The bill, recently passed by the House of Representatives with the support of the food industry and a [...]