CASE STUDY
Logistics in Africa can be a challenging business . The continent ’ s infrastructure and terrain , combined with its sheer scale , means success needs to be achieved through agility , perseverance , and resilience ; all factors that are better achieved with access to real time business intelligence .
Unitrans is a provider of integrated operational services enabling growth across Sub-Saharan African markets . The organisation ’ s successful business model incorporates design , implementation and ongoing supply of services that allow customers to focus on and grow their core business .
Unitrans has a wide-ranging footprint in Sub-Saharan countries , including South Africa , Namibia , Botswana , Lesotho , Eswatini , Mozambique , Zambia , Malawi , Tanzania , Mauritius , and Madagascar . From a supply chain logistics perspective , Unitrans services several sectors , such as agriculture , mining , petrochemical , food and consumer , people transport , and industrial .
Here are some statistics about Unitrans :
• 100,000 hectares covered
• 18 million people moved
• 10 million tons hauled
• 292 million kilometres travelled
• 4.4 billion litres delivered
• 5,000 vehicles in operation
Unitrans Supply Chain Solutions , USCS , part of the South African Unitrans Group , is more than just a trucking company that moves goods from A to B . It handles warehousing , freight forwarding and clearing , vehicle loading and offloading , yard management , as well as a range of other related activities that other logistics operators may baulk at . For Unitrans Supply Chain Solutions , the willingness to go the extra mile in terms of client service is another important factor .
Unitrans Supply Chain Solutions provides customers with efficiencies and synergies . It strives to make
UNITRANS SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS DEPLOYED A SUITE OF QLIK
SOLUTIONS , INCLUDING QLIKVIEW , QLIK NPRINTING AND QLIK SENSE , TO
ACCESS , PROCESS AND VISUALISE DATA ACROSS OPERATIONS IN AFRICA .
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