Towards connected trucks and cities

By Quinton de Villiers   Global road transport companies are harnessing the significant advances made in telematics technology to achieve new levels of productivity and efficiency, and their South African counterparts are gradually following suit. At the most basic level, telematics technologies have enabled the improved monitoring of driver behaviour to bolster productivity and realise…

Bridgewater Logistics responds to evolving supply chains

Bridgewater Logistics’ state-of-the-art crossdocking operations support growing trends in supply-chain management, including just-in-time deliveries, as well as increased collaboration among participants and the rapid deployment of new and sophisticated technologies in supply chains.   “Our crossdocking operations reduce, or completely eliminate the time and costs of holding and handling inventory. This includes routing material and…

Affordable and quick access to “best-of-breed” warehousing capabilities

Partnering Bridgewater Logistics, one of the country’s leading third-party logistics providers (3PLs), has enabled businesses of various sizes to significantly increase their capacity to execute transactional and tactical warehouse processes. This is in addition to eliminating the need for fixed warehousing assets and reducing operating costs. Importantly, businesses also have access to the insights of…