24 articles in this issue
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Stephen Kruger
Hans W. Ittmann
Gabrielle Niehaus,Heinrich W. Feiboth,Leila L. Goedhals-Gerber
AbstractBackground: The need for sustainable supply chain management has become a necessity given the growing impact of climate change and global warming. The South African (SA) government is planning to implement a carbon tax in the future, which wi... see more
Amanda Badenhorst
AbstractBackground: Effective disposition decisions can lead to a number of value-adding benefits including economic, environmental and marketing benefits. Despite this, many organisations are not aware of the importance of disposition decisions and ... see more
Masilonyane Mokhele
AbstractBackground: The concentration of development around airports is a topical subject on the relationship between transportation, accessibility and the distribution of land use. Notwithstanding the existing literature on the analysis of airports ... see more
Joash Mageto,Gerrie Prinsloo,Rose Luke
AbstractBackground: Small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (manufacturing SMEs) can facilitate economic growth and development by creating employment and spurring economic activities at low levels of the economy. The performance of SMEs in ... see more
Jan H. Havenga
AbstractBackground: The components of national freight logistics costs are still optimised in isolation, instead of systemic optimisation between logistics and other supply chain elements. The risk is the tragedy of the commons effect, where a positi... see more
Jaco Nel,Evert de Goede,Wesley Niemann
AbstractBackground: Despite risk management efforts, supply chains have become increasingly vulnerable to disruptions. Disruptions should be successfully managed if organisations are to thrive in today’s ever-changing world.Purpose: This study e... see more
Louis R. Epoh,Chengedzai Mafini
AbstractBackground: For South African small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to gain and maintain competitive advantages and succeed, they have to change their practices and adapt their strategies to the dynamic environment of today. A better understand... see more
Jan H. Havenga,Phillippus P.T. le Roux,Zane P. Simpson
AbstractPurpose: To develop and apply a methodology to calculate the heavy goods vehicle fleet required to meet South Africa’s projected road freight transport demand within the context of total surface freight transport demand.Methodology: Tota... see more
Irma-Delia Rojas-Cuevas,Santiago-Omar Caballero-Morales,Jose-Luis Martinez-Flores,Jose-Rafael Mendoza-Vazquez
AbstractBackground: The Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP) is one of the most important transportation problems in logistics and supply chain management. The standard CVRP considers a fleet of vehicles with homogeneous capacity that depart fr... see more
Hemisha Makan,Gert J. Heyns
AbstractBackground: Global supply chains have evolved from a traditional simple supply chain to one that is filled with complexities and uncertainties. The increase in road freight transportation has resulted in an escalation in the emission of green... see more
Mamokgadi Z. Masete,Chengedzai Mafini
AbstractBackground: The demand for higher education in South Africa continues to increase, placing pressure on public higher education institutions to satisfy this demand. Supply chain management is one of the practices that may be implemented to ens... see more
Marc Allden,Wesley Niemann,Theuns Kotzé
AbstractBackground: There is currently a skills mismatch between what the third-party logistics (3PL) industry expects from new supply chain management graduates and what the educational system supplies. As the traditional roles of 3PLs are changing,... see more
Alicia N. Weber,J. A. Badenhorst-Weiss
AbstractBackground: The intense competition between grocery retailers to access new revenue streams has seen brick-and-mortar retailers broadening their services to offer consumers the option of ordering their groceries over the Internet. This is imp... see more
Elize G. Trollip
AbstractBackground: Environmental management systems and practices have become a necessity in wine supply chains, given their vulnerability to climate change. Climate change could lead to a 55% loss of wine-cultivating land in South Africa by 2050, w... see more
Sumayah Goolam Nabee,Jackie Walters
AbstractBackground: The cascading effect in the liner shipping industry has forced the ply of larger ships to Southern African Development Community (SADC) ports. This requires these ports to revise their strategic development to accommodate the resu... see more
Michael Musanzikwa,Manduth Ramchander
AbstractBackground: Despite being strategic, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have failed to fulfil their mandate. Supply chain performance is ineffective largely because of weak organisational culture.Objectives: To explore the extent to which or... see more
Themari Eicker,J. Orpha Cilliers
AbstractBackground: The importance of South African small businesses, especially retailers, in improving communities’ standards of living necessitates sound business strategies to survive and remain competitive. Selecting appropriate business strateg... see more
Progress Hove-Sibanda,R.I. David Pooe
AbstractBackground: The recognised relationship between company performance and supply chain performance has prompted managers, practitioners and researchers alike to seek a better understanding of the performance of supply chains. To this end, many ... see more
Joachim Vermooten
AbstractBackground: South Africa adopted an economic policy that included both deregulation and privatisation in line with the 1980s’ global trends. Economic deregulation of the domestic air transport market was implemented in 1991 and partial privat... see more
Gabrielle Niehaus,Heinrich W. Freiboth,Leila L. Goedhals-Gerber
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