An annual conference to educate and elevate
Willie du Preez and Tennille Bell recently attended the SAPICS Spring Conference on the 20th of September 2023. SAPICS is the professional body for supply chain management, helping elevate, educate and empower the community of supply chain professionals across Africa. The PPO Managing Director and National General Manager of Sales and Marketing were invited to present on the topic of “Optimising resources across the supply chain to drive efficiencies and agility whilst minimising disruptions”.
Willie opened the presentation by addressing factors that impact customers’ spending habits. He covered interesting and pertinent topics such as household debt ratio to gross income, economic trends disrupted by Covid-19, fuel price increases over the last 4 years, and the use of data analytics to create competitive advantage and optimise customer satisfaction. Willie tied these concepts to partnering with a reliable and reputable BPO provider to maximise productivity and counter ever-increasing costs.
Tennille unpacked the BPO approach in detail and, through highlighting some of the core benefits of the solution, explained how it can assist companies to enhance agility and flexibility, mitigate risks, stay ahead of the economic curve, and maximise efficiencies in an ever-changing, complex, and often volatile economic environment.
The focus of the presentation emphasized responsible supplier sourcing and partnership formation through a productivity-focused cost-optimization BPO approach.
The presentation was well received and sparked numerous interesting discussions and enquiries during breaks and networking sessions. The SAPICS leadership team was hugely appreciative of PPO’s involvement in both this event and other extended networking sessions.
SAPICS hosts their national Annual Conference every June. The event runs over 3 days and is packed with workshops, networking sessions and interactions, and value-adding presentations. PPO feels confident that their performance at the Spring Conference 2023 will position them well to be invited as spokespersons (and/or other) at next year’s SAPICS conference. This will be an exciting opportunity to further establish the PPO brand as an industry leader as well as communicate the competitive benefits of the BPO solution.