Africa is one of the top logistics investment opportunities anywhere in the world, according to a new report from the London-based research and consultancy firm Transport Intelligence (Ti). Their rational encompasses the continent’s vast untapped natural resources, along with the foreign direct investment having poured in as Africans’ purchasing power grows. They see many countries in the region, particularly Nigeria, as characterized by a rising middle-class, boosting sales of consumer goods substantially.
If trade is taking you to Africa, or anywhere else in the world for that matter, supply chain cost savings becomes monumental as profit margins are lean. Data2Logistics is poised to help with its Professional Services Group’s offerings to reduce supply chain costs associated with product transportation. These provisions include provide focused business intelligence resources to support functions relating to pooled purchasing, RFP management, carrier negotiations, TMS software, inbound routing, and network analysis, along with informed audit and freight payment services. Data2Logistics has found these areas to be of widespread need throughout the supply chain industry, reducing excess cost associated with organization’s logistics.
Data2Logistics Professional Services Group’s objective is to utilize the company’s business intelligence technology, subject matter expertise and knowledge of the marketplace to enhance transportation operations, improve service and reduce related expenses. They identify opportunities to remove excess cost out of end-to-end supply chains to drive company’s profitability, a primary and prominent position of action of supply chain professionals faced with costs of increasing economic, geopolitical and environmental volatility.
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