With fully autonomous warehouses unlikely in South Africa in the medium term, how can supply chains still benefit from such technologies?

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a big impact on daily warehouse operations. New regulations, as well as business-driven safety protocols, have changed the way many warehouses operate and everyone has had to adapt.

Streamlining your supply chain to improve customer experience will go a long way towards helping your business achieve its goals in 2021. Here’s five key things you should focus on to improve your supply chain performance.

Supply Chain as a service (SCaaS), or even as a self-service(SCaaSS), is by no means a new idea and many companies have been implementing these measures for years. The onset of COVID-19 has, however, forced businesses to streamline processes much faster than planned and SCaaS has quickly become the go-to supply model across many industries.

With the recent Moodys’ downgrade to junk status as well as the national lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses will need to optimise their supply chains to increase efficiency and profitability if they hope to beat a recession. Here’s a few insights from our team of experts to help you identify where to start.