Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management  

Stephen Kruger

AbstractThe Department of Transport and Supply Chain Management at the University of Johannesburg proudly presents to you Volume 7 of the Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management (JTSCM), an accredited publication unique to South Africa.

Johanna A. Badenhorst,Claus Maurer,Tersia Brevis-Landsberg

AbstractMember organisations in a supply chain are dependent on each other to provide material, services and information to perform optimally in the supply chain. Efficient, unrestricted information flow is needed in supply chains to function properly. In... see more

Claudia B. Struwig,George A. Ruthven,Konrad von Leipzig

AbstractRestaurants, in general, utilise numerous suppliers. Normally they deliver on different days in the week and at different times during the day, logistically not an optimum approach. Not only does the current practice cause frequent interruptions, ... see more

Micheline J. Naude,Intaher M. Ambe,René Kling

AbstractThe public sector is recognised as being one of the most important customer groups for many suppliers and service providers because of the volume of public expenditure. Supplier relationship management (SRM) is a necessary tool on which businesses... see more

Khulumane (John) Maluleke

AbstractSouth Africa has two major rail operators that constitute the rail transport industry. These are Transnet Freight Rail (TFR), which operates freight and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). Although the Railway Safety Regulator (2011... see more

Rose Luke,Gert Heyns

AbstractPublic opinion plays a vital role in a democracy, as democracies are, by nature responsive to the people. In South Africa, public participation is entrenched in the Constitution. Despite this, the spate of service delivery protests in South Africa... see more

Christopher J. Savage,Logan Fransman,Andrew K. Jenkins

AbstractLogistics is perceived to be important for Namibia’s growth and development, but this may be a matter of conjecture as there is a dearth of documented information about the industry in Namibia. Furthermore, it is uncertain what the understanding o... see more

Intaher M. Ambe,Johanna A. Badenhorst-Wess

AbstractLocally manufactured vehicles are destined (partly) for the export market and thus, global competitiveness  is  important.  This  article  explores  the  challenges  facing  supply  chains  of... see more

Richard Chinomona

AbstractThere is an increasing awareness about the paramount importance of information technology within business in the context of large businesses. However, research about the investigation of the role of information technology resources in fostering co... see more

Jan H. Havenga

AbstractThis article presents the results of a comprehensive disaggregated commodity flow model for South Africa. The wealth of data available enables a segmented analysis of future freight transportation demand in order to assist with the prioritisation ... see more

Christian Pretorius,George A. Ruthven,Konrad von Leipzig

AbstractThe management of a supply chain is both an offensive and defensive weapon that organisations can use to increase their competitive edge and capture a larger share of the market. In management science and supply chain management, multi-criteria de... see more

Katerina Pikousová,Petr Pruša

AbstractThe evaluation and selection of suppliers are important tasks in any organisation. Each organisation needs to have a supplier evaluation matrix or model in place. The goal of this article is not only to give an overview of supplier perf... see more

Jan H. Havenga,Zane P. Simpson,Anneke de Bod

AbstractThe North American and South African logistics cost calculation-time series are the two longest-running statistical series available worldwide. These calculations indicate that transportation’s contribution to logistics costs is rising, as the key... see more

Richard Chinomona,R.I. David Pooe

AbstractLogistics integration across partnering firms has become the backbone of supply chain management as it facilitates information sharing, which is required in order to enhance business performance. This study investigated the mediatory role of infor... see more

Unine van den Berg,Jean-Pierre Labuschagne,Hugo van den Berg

AbstractCompanies in South Africa should realise the important influence of greening their suppliers and of innovation to achieve environmental goals and competitive advantages. In order to prove this, a questionnaire survey was conducted with 75 companie... see more

Roger Bruce Mason

AbstractThis article proposes that the external environment influences the choice of distribution tactics. Since businesses and markets are complex adaptive systems, using complexity theory to understand such environments is necessary, but it has not been... see more

Heinri W. Freiboth,Leila Goedhals-Gerber,F. Esbeth Van Dyk,Malcolm C. Dodd

AbstractThere is concern in the South African fruit industry that a large amount of fruit and money is lost every season due to breaks in the fruit export cold chain. The possibility of a large percentage of losses in a significant sector of the economy w... see more

Leani van Jaarsveld,Gert J. Heyns,Peter J. Kilbourn

AbstractThis study highlighted the importance of determining the impact that an ineffective mode of transport has on a firm’s transportation model and costs. The main focus of this study was to determine the logistics opportunity costs of using road trans... see more

Rose Luke,Jackie Walters

AbstractDeregulation or liberalisation of air transport has had major global impacts on the domestic air transport markets, with effects ranging from stimulation to changes in the structure and functioning of these markets. In South Africa, deregulation h... see more

Morne Eloff,Stephen Carstens

AbstractInventory management is a crucial aspect of managing a company successfully. This is even more apparent in the case of maintenance inventories for production equipment, which impact directly on production equipment efficiency. This is a typical in... see more

Amanda Badenhorst

AbstractReverse logistics has gained increasing attention in recent years. One of the biggest problems for organisations and supply chains is reducing cost in reverse logistics. This study attempted to gain a better understanding of reverse logistics and ... see more

Obioma R. Nwaogbe,Victor Omoke,Emmanuel C. Ubani,Sunday I. Ukaegbu

AbstractThe objective of this study was to determine the optimal allocation of shipments (least cost) of two manufactured products between depots and places of consumption. In this study, the least-cost method was used in solving the transportation algori... see more

Tatenda C. Mbara,Cynthia Celliers

AbstractWhen universities across the world emerged, the majority of students were provided with oncampus accommodation. However, with the increase in the number of universities, students seeking to enter universities and the decline in university funding,... see more

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