Breaking Better: How KitKat Turned a Chocolate Heist into a Marketing and a Supply Chain Masterclass
What happens when 413,793 stolen chocolate bars become the most talked-about brand moment of the year?
Supply Chain
Top supply chain trends defining 2025: What students and professionals must know
2025 is a turning point for supply chains. This blog breaks down how AI, data, sustainability, and geopolitical pressures are shaping logistics. Learn what students and professionals need to know to stay prepared.
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Behind the seams: Can fashion’s supply chains go green?
Behind every new outfit lies a global network of materials, transport, and choices. Explore how technology, logistics, and consumer behaviour are helping fashion go green and why the next generation of supply-chain professionals will lead the change.
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The supply chain skills gap: Why Africa needs a new generation of logistics leaders
Africa’s economies rely on strong logistics, but a growing supply chain skills gap threatens progress. As technology, sustainability, and real-time operations reshape the industry, skilled leaders are urgently needed. Education and training are stepping up to close the gap, preparing a new generation to keep goods moving, communities thriving, and industries connected.
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Green supply chains for a sustainable future
Green supply chains are reshaping how businesses move goods, package products, and source materials. From eco-friendly packaging to ethical sourcing and circular design, companies are rethinking supply chain practices to meet consumer expectations while reducing their environmental impact.
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Winter logistics: How cold weather impacts South Africa’s supply chains
As temperatures drop, South Africa’s logistics industry faces unique seasonal pressures, from weather-induced road hazards to slower turnaround times at key ports. In this article, we unpack how winter logistics challenges impact everything from retail delivery schedules to national supply chain efficiency, and what businesses can do to stay ahead of the chill.
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The green supply chain revolution: Turning ESG compliance into a competitive advantage
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) compliance has shed its regulatory checkbox mantle and risen to become a modern-day business strategy.
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How to Future-Proof Your Supply Chain for Gen Z Demands
Forget outdated logistics models, Gen Z is rewriting the supply chain playbook. If your business isn’t embracing ethics, speed, transparency, and sustainability, you’re not just falling behind; you’re being left out entirely. This blog explores how to build a supply chain Gen-Z consumers will support, with actionable steps on everything from blockchain traceability to eco-friendly logistics. Ready to Gen Z-proof your strategy?
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Emerging Startups and Their Supply Chains
Explore how South African startups are leveraging digital supply chain strategies in fintech, healthcare, agri-tech, and home services to drive growth
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Supply Chain and Logistics: How Does Your Coffee Get to Your Cup?
Have you ever wondered how your coffee reaches your cup? From picking the coffee beans in remote farms to serving freshly brewed coffee on the kitchen table or at a café, a lot has happened to create your cup of coffee. Coffee’s journey across the continents is an entire industry in itself, which can be described as a perfect case of logistics and supply chain bringing the simple product to the people. To appreciate this complexity, one must be able to find their way around the knowledge or the system. These are some of the most valued capabilities which the Professional Certificate in Transport and Logistics course from the IMM Institute seeks to provide.
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