Supply Chain - The Zimbabwe Independent

Topic : Supply Chain

How to unlock value through supplier-driven innovation

Today’s customers will always demand a continuous cycle of new products and services. The increased demand for novel products from customers has recently reached fever pitch.

By Charles Nyika Mar. 21, 2025

How to unlock value through supplier-driven innovation

The good, the bad and the ugly of framework agreements (I)

They also provide a great ladder for small to medium enterprises to build up their experience in procurement by partnering with best-in-class companies.

By Charles Nyika Feb. 21, 2025

The good, the bad and the ugly of framework agreements (I)

Supply chain market intelligence the ultimate competitive weapon

Predictive analytics empowers procurement professionals to peer beyond the veil of uncertainty, ensuring that they remain at the forefront of new developments in their industry.

By Charles Nyika Feb. 14, 2025

Supply chain market intelligence the ultimate competitive weapon

Customer experience a function of agile supply chain network

Today’s customers are fickle. This fickleness stems from the knowledge that there is a plethora of competing options or alternatives available at their fingertips.

By Charles Nyika Feb. 7, 2025

Customer experience a function of agile supply chain network

Supplier rationalisation strategy procurement’s best-kept secret

Like the proverbial ostrich, supply chain professionals cannot bury their heads in the sand and pretend that supply chain problems will go away.

By Charles Nyika Dec. 20, 2024

Supplier rationalisation strategy procurement’s best-kept secret

Optimising firm’s profitability through value chain analysis

it is often said that value is always subjective in private life, but pretty darn objective in the commercial environment.

By Charles Nyika Sep. 13, 2024

Optimising firm’s profitability through value chain analysis

Strategic cost analysis in supply chain management

This may entail procurement practitioners going to the extent of interrogating and understanding how the supplier sources its raw materials and at what cost.

By Charles Nyika Aug. 23, 2024