Business Showcase

WaterFurnace International
August 26, 2010 11:32 AM

The race is on to find alternative energy sources that are economical and green. WaterFurnace International vice president Bob Brown explains how one very natural source is fueling the company’s growth.

Toyota South Africa
August 5, 2010 04:23 PM

Toyota is investing considerable resources in developing its South African supply chain. VP of Purchasing and Engineering Nigel Ward explains to Gay Sutton the value of collaborative supplier relations and Toyota’s philosophy of respect for people and mutual trust.

AMEC Minproc
August 31, 2010 01:00 AM

The global economic downturn has meant opportunity for AMEC Minproc to expand its activities in Africa, as Ruari McCallion learns from Colin Kubank.

Gold One International
August 31, 2010 01:00 AM

Strategic clarity is the key to unlocking the treasures of South Africa’s shallow gold resources for the country’s most dynamic recent market entrant, as Jayne Flannery discovers.

KEC International Ltd
August 31, 2010 01:00 AM

As governments around the world invest in power infrastructure, competition has become rife within this specialist construction sector. Andrew Pelis reports.

Territory Resources Limited
August 31, 2010 01:00 AM

Andy Haslam, managing director of iron ore producer Territory Resources, is delighted to be mirroring the growth of Asia’s resurgent economies. Jayne Flannery reports.

Top Ten

Top ten fundamentals of best practice

Richard Ilsley identifies the top 10 fundamental issues of any best practice process.

Features

Strategy: Sales & operations planning
August 30, 2010 10:17 PM

What businesses actually want from their sales and operational planning, says Andrew Kinder of Infor, is the ability to explore ‘what if’ scenarios across the business quickly and accurately.

Operations: Best practice
August 30, 2010 10:51 PM

Many corporations like to think they have best practice processes already in place. Are you really in the top 25 percent?

Strategy: Innovation
August 19, 2010 03:57 PM

Chris Moyer, EMEA chief technologist with HP Enterprise Services, outlines ways of ensuring that today’s innovation doesn’t become tomorrow’s legacy.

Operations: Online viewing
August 19, 2010 04:04 PM

The World Cup didn’t teach us anything we didn’t already know about the England team; but it will provide valuable lessons for CIOs and network managers, says Adrian Thirkill, global customer operations director, Easynet Global Services.

Supply chain: Risk management
August 19, 2010 04:12 PM

It is tempting to think of supply chain risk in terms of a catastrophic and unpredictable event; but potential threats are often closer and more preventable than many people think, as Andrew Kinder explains.