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Second Only to Cows: The Logistics Industry and Dairy Farming
The dairy industry in Kenya is no stranger to controversy: from large corporate bodies achieving a near monopoly on the market to a ‘miraculous' new dairy breed named Fleckvieh promising greater milk yields, and the current appeal to opposing the sale of now thriving...
Sealing the Leak: Waste in Logistics
Waste, of both resources and products, is an unfortunate part of business that every industry must contend with. For logistics, the concept of wastage is similar to other trade arenas, if slightly more complicated to identify and explain. Where wastage in a tire...
Why You Need to Learn Portuguese: Kenyan Logistics in Angola
Halfway through the first month of 2014, Kenya has so far made commendable progress in cementing our economic future: our Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed signed a three bilateral agreements with Angola through her counterpart Georges Chikoti, as...
Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: Warehousing in Logistics
With so many facets to the art and science of logistics, each as important as the other, it is easy to overlook some of the less visible areas of supply chain management. While most scholars and clients are likely to focus on the very visible and easy to track process...
Logistics Report Cards: Identifying a Good Supply Chain Manager
Hello Good people, I know almost everyone is nursing the Monday blues, however, that won't stop me from sharing my usual little wit of logistic bravery. Come with me please. We have said a lot about logistics: from the safest way to freight different types of...
Now You Know: Transporting Live Animal Cargo in Kenya
If you're a Kenyan who regularly uses public transportation, chances are you've had the dubious honor of being seated next to a fine lady or gentleman cradling a barely restrained live chicken. As said fowl glared at you menacingly for the duration of your journey, a...
Counting Your Sweaty Blessings: The Polar Vortex and Logistics
Hello there, how's your Monday blues? Whatever the case let me entertain you with my little wit of logistic bravery. For those of us that call the vast expanse of the internet “home”, or catch brief CNN or AJ snippets while channel surfing, the term 'Polar Vortex' has...
Finding Our Way around the Mountain: Adaptability in Logistics
Jumaa Kareem to all folks on Kanzu today, we say Friday is the Eid of the week; others call it Furahi-day! What a better way to welcome the second weekend of a new year? OK, now lets talk logistics as usual 🙂 It was the sci-fi tech story heard around the world: when...
To Jog or Not to Jog: 2014 Resolutions for Your Logistics Firm
As the world welcomed January 1st, most of us, buoyed by the optimistic spirit of the New Year made lofty promises to ourselves: to be healthier, eat better, have a more concrete savings plan. Now a week into 2014, as sure as you're still writing the date with a...