Manufacturing
Zaydtex chooses SAP Business One to enable future growth
The curtain textile business is responsible for manufacturing right from the yarn stage through to the ready-made article, complete with packaging and supplying to national chain stores and independent suppliers with...
Opinion: The Industrial Internet of Things is reinventing manufacturing
Machine-to-machine integration and the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) are reinventing manufacturing as we know it, giving birth to the Smart Factory. Monzer Tohme, Regional Vice-President, Middle East &...
Africa gears up for IoT transformation
A recent global survey by HP Enterprise of 3,000+ IT and business decision makers at the end of 2016, found that the Internet of Things has hit an inflection point in their minds. IoT is moving from good to great....
Four ways the Internet of things will transform the supply chain
Article by Tarik Taman, General Manager IMEA, Infor. If there’s a ‘quick win’ to be had with IoT, it’s in monitoring the performance and maintenance of industrial machines. It was only a couple...
Veeam drives transformation at South Africa’s Industrial Development C...
In 1940, the South African Parliament established the Industrial Development Corporation to advance industrial policy and ease the disruption of trade between Europe and South Africa during the Second World War. Today...
Six tips to help manufacturers leverage AI and Machine Learning
Khaled AlShami, Vice President, Solution Consulting, Middle East and Africa, Infor, discusses the benefits of Machine learning and AI and how they can help businesses navigate these difficulties. With manufacturers...
First Digital launches easy to use POPIA compliance assessment toolkit
Most local businesses are aware that if they do not meet the compliance requirements of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), South Africa’s data protection law, before this year’s deadline...
The state of procurement in SA and opportunity for digital solutions
A good number of South African companies find themselves in a fairly precarious position when it comes to procurement because they have yet to properly integrate their basic processes and their weaknesses have come to...
How the cloud transforms manufacturers into agile innovators
The demand for manufacturing organisations to be agile and efficient is higher in today’s technological world than ever-before. Rapid technological advancements, coupled with an uncertain and unstable economic...
Robust IT gets manufacturers through times of crisis
A robust IT environment is highly important in the manufacturing industry in order to lay the foundations for innovation. Theo van Andel, Senior Manager Field Development Segment Marketing at Equinix EMEA, discusses...
The make-or-break challenges CIOs need to address
The vision of highly efficient, connected and safe factories is a reality in manufacturing, but how do CIOs overcome the challenges and seize opportunities in Industry 4.0? This video from Cisco aims to explain this.
Oriental Weavers rolls out SD-WAN for elevated customer service levels
Egypt-based Oriental Weavers one of the world’s largest carpet producers recently rolled out SD-WAN in record time for elevated customer service levels and reduced operating costs up to 80%. Ahmed Dawood, IT...
Isuzu Motors South Africa protects revenue streams with Veeam
Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSAF) is an automotive manufacturer and distributor based in Port Elizabeth. Established in 2018, IMSAF is also a wholly owned subsidiary of Isuzu Motors Limited, a global automotive...
ELARABY enhances staff user experience and data optimisation with Riverbed
ELARABY Group is a developer and manufacturer of consumer electronics and home appliances in Egypt, Middle East and Africa. The company’s products are widely accepted in more than 60 countries. The group...
Isuzu Motors SA extends SAP landscape to drive improved sales
Following General Motors’ divestment from South Africa in 2017, Isuzu Motors South Africa embarked on a Digital Transformation journey that helped it to break down internal silos and gain a real-time view over...
Coficab standardises its global backup strategy with Veeam
Coficab is a global provider of design, manufacturing and sales of automotive cables and wires. A subsidiary of the Elloumi Group, the company was founded in 1992 by Hichem Elloumi. Recently, the company partnered...
Coficab standardises its global backup strategy with Veeam
To consolidate its status as an international company, Tunisia-based Coficab wanted to homogenise its IT infrastructure and standardise its backup strategy across all its 13 production sites to improve management...
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