February / March 2016
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‘Boxing On’ in Cato Ridge
fter 10 years of working together, it’s no surprise that Pick n Pay-owned Boxer Superstores has chosen Goscor Lift Truck Company (GLTC) to provide the new warehouse equipment for its new, state-ofthe-art, distribution centre (DC) in Cato Ridge, KZN. “Even though we have worked together with Goscor for so long, our decisions are never automatic,” says Boxer’s logistics and distribution manager, Clinton van Rooyen. “Boxer is famous for giving its customers the best quality and prices and, to be able to do this, we have to control costs on an ongoing basis. That’s why we constantly look at the lifetime costs of our capital equipment like forklifts and other warehouse equipment and Goscor has consistently, over the years, come out tops in this regard.” He adds that “lifetime costs” is a holistic concept which takes into account a number of factors. “It includes the durability, productivity and efficiency of the machines, the inventiveness of the suppliers’ services and systems and the quality of the backup and maintenance service
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when there are difficulties. In all these aspects Goscor’s performance has been outstanding,” van Rooyen says. For the new Boxer DC, Goscor supplied 4 x Crown SC5340-1.8 Electric 3 wheel forklifts, 4 x Crown GPC3040-2.0 low lever order pickers with platform lift, 5 x Crown ESR5260-2.0 11435mm lift height reach trucks all with the
world class Sunlight batteries and battery rollout systems. The Crown SCs will be used for loading and offloading trucks, containers and general material handling around the warehouse, the GPC’s will be used for stock picking while the ESR’s will be used for pallet storage in the racking. One of those innovative solutions that Goscor provides the Boxer DC is a full battery service, which includes an on-site battery bay and technician to ensure the most efficient ongoing battery utilisation. The new Boxer DC is in line with the Pick n Pay Group’s overall strategy of centralising distribution. It started operation during October 2015 and, according to van Rooyen, it will ensure that products reach Boxer stores with considerably shortened lead times. The Cato Ridge DC is not Boxer’s first attempt at warehousing. For the past four years the division has been running a smaller warehouse out of Prospecton, south of Durban, with outstanding results. Enquiry no: 10
People power the big winner
CI South Africa is the largest international outsourcer in South Africa, providing customer contact services. It specialises in the operation of outbound, inbound and web chat, multi-channel contact centres. With the capacity to grow to 5 000 seats, some of the UK, Australia and South Africa’s leading brands, primarily in the mobile, technology, telecommunications and financial industry sectors, are supported by CCI South Africa from the 3000+-seat purpose-built contact centre and head office in Umhlanga, Durban. Speaking at the company’s recent Annual Awards function awards evening at the ICC, CCI South Africa Managing Director, Mark Chana attributed the organisation’s success and phenomenal growth over the past five years, to the commitment, drive and hard work of its 3000+ employees.
Seen at the event were fFrom left, Larry Yon, B&C International; John Hawthorne, Velocit; Claudel Antoine, B&C International. The prestigious occasion, is the highlight of the company’s business year, and took up all five exhibition halls at the ICC complex for the 3500 invitees that included local and international guests.
“ DUBE TRADEPORT CORPORATION OPERATES AS A FIRST-WORLD ENTITY AND HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN GETTING US TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE. NOTHING IS EVER A PROBLEM.” Kevrin Naidoo, Director: Development and Sales: Reelin Bearings and Devon Sam Chinna, Operations Manager: BrencoReelin
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Reelin Bearings has opened its bearing assembly plant known as BrencoReelin, which will increase our global footprint especially as we gear up production at our facility within Dube TradePort. As a bearing assembly and remanufacturing enterprise, we are striving to become Africa’s first bearings plant which delivers a product that is 100% localised. Dube TradePort provides the perfect fit with our Strategic Growth Plan, given the available infrastructure, rapid air access in terms of goods coming to us from overseas and throughout South Africa, together with the level of security afforded to us, in view of the high quality and quantity of steel we use. Our Dube TradePort investment has enabled the 2013 construction of Africa’s first fully automated bearings plant that will see our employment grow by a further 150 within two years, along with the associated re-affirmation of our comprehensive staff training and skills transfer commitment. With our 40-seat training centre we are also investing significantly in corporate social responsibility, providing training for people from surrounding areas. We see Dube TradePort as a vehicle for rural development and we are happy to be part of that. Overall, this is a one-stop-shop environment, enabling us to enjoy a good strategic fit – a win-win situation for everybody. To experience what Dube TradePort has to offer, visit
www.dubetradeport.co.za
“Ours is a high performance business”, Chana said, “so people are at the heart of the operation. Over the next five years, we anticipate creating an additional 12 000 jobs to meet the employment needs of a burgeoning youthful population within the BPO sector.” “We believe that our investment in people, with everything from incentives to events, wellness and healthcare, sets us apart from our competitors and leads to better outcomes for our business and our partners. We are incredibly proud of winning both the regional and national BPESA ‘Wellness in the Workplace’ Awards in 2015. CCI Group CEO Martin Roe used the auspicious gathering as an opportunity to announce the acquisition of Jo’burg based Direct Channel and SimbaTech in Kenya, in order to take the CCI Group to a ‘new level’ in the realization of Enquiry no: 11 their dream to “conquer Africa.”
Local company helps donate R1m towards drought relief
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evere drought and nationwide heat waves have resulted in five of the country’s nine provinces being declared disaster areas with residents struggling to survive. Operation Hydrate was formed by a group of community volunteers, following urgent calls for water from people in severely drought stricken areas. Heeding the desperate nation’s call, Willowton Group and its partners have donated R1 million worth of bottled water towards the drought-relief efforts in the Eastern Cape, North West Province and Free State. QPET a well know PET bottle manufacturer donated 100 000 5l bottles, which Willowton Group committed to packing with water. Corruseal Group donate 25 000 boxes in which the filled bottles were packed for ease in transportation. Further to this, Willowton Logistics was responsible for delivering this water – as well as an additional 15 loads - across the country. Enquiry no: 12