Mar
16
The value that logistics adds to the South African economy, contributing to the country’s global competitiveness and sustainability should be greater than the costs. This is according to the 6th State of LogisticsTM survey, the authoritative study on logistics in the country published in March 2010 by the CSIR, IMPERIAL Logistics and Stellenbosch University.
“Global pressures [...]
Feb
12
New ISO RFID standard will help trace products in the supply chain
February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment
For reasons of safety and reliability, the importance of being able to trace products throughout the supply chain has strongly increased in recent years. The new ISO 17367:2009 standard will help manufacturers and distributors to track products and to manage their traceability thanks to standardized RF tags.
Traceability is defined as the tracking and tracing of [...]
Feb
4
ISO gives food manufacturers new tool to control hazards
February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Thousands of food manufacturers worldwide stand to benefit from a newly published document in the ISO 22000 series designed to prevent and control food safety hazards.
ISO technical specification ISO/TS 22002-1:2009, Prerequisite programmes on food safety – Part 1: Food manufacturing, sets out requirements for prerequisite programmes needed to realize safe products and provide food that [...]