Outreach Event 2015: Tin food drive

Over the course of the first and second semester, Second Avenue Campus collected cans of non perishable food in aid to combat hunger and to feed the less fortunate as part of its social responsibility drive. The cans were delivered to Sinethemba Children's Care Centre.

Video: Mecalux Case Study: Megafin Cold Storage Warehouse System

Some insight into how a cold storage warehouse operates.

Event 2: Guest speaker: Tanya Lilley

Ms. Tanya Lilley (to the right of the banner) and the Logistics society and department

On 26 August 2015 Tanya Lilley, Personnal Officer from Head Hunters graced students with her presentation. The  topic was on Job Hunting 101 and was presented in the morning at y008. All those who attended will now be mindful to develop themselves in a way such that employers will want them, be able to create better CVs and sell themselves better in interviews. Thank you, to Ms. Lilley and all attendees for making this society's event yet another success.

Ms. Tanya Lilley's LinkedIn site can be found here.

Poster for the event

Semester 2 - Event 1: Guest speaker: Trevor Gascoyne

Mr. Gascoyne mid-presentation

On 19 August during lunch time, the Logistics Society held the first of it's guest speaker events that took place over 3 consecutive Wednesdays. 

Mr. Trevor Gascoyne, a 'customer facing supply chain manager from Nestle took time to present his masterfully insightful and detailed take on 'Supply Chain Management in Action" to an auditorium of Logistics and Stores students. 

He was very articulate and varied between Supply Chain theory and practical explanations of both Nestle as well as the industry in general. He engaged with his audience effectively, offering chocolates from Nestle to students were able to answer his questions.

Mr Gascoyne's Linkedin profile can be viewed here.

Handing over the gift

Posing with  the Logistics dept. and Society vice 

Poster for the event

Photograph: Leadership breakfast with the Vice-chancellor

Vice-chancellor Professor Derrick Swartz (left) sharing a laugh with 2015 Logistics Society chairman, Angelo Kapank (right) at today's leadership breakfast.

AGV for Warehouses

This video shows new technology of an AGV (Automated Guidance Vehicle) that NMMU had a part in creating. It's application is navigation, positioning and docking in warehouses.

Logistics Management Department Staff Write A Textbook

Left to right: Mr.Gavin Cook, Ms. Jean Howell, Prof. Gideon Horn

During 2014, Oxford University Press approached Prof Gideon Horn to write a textbook.
Together with Mr Gavin Cook and Ms Jean Howell, as well as co-authors from Tshwane University, Unisa and Stellenbosh University, they co-authored the textbook, “Supply Chain Management. A Logistics Approach.”

Prof Horn as convener author wrote 3 chapters. Chapter 1: Introduction to the concepts ‘Supply Chain Management’ and ‘Logistics’; Chapter 5: Inventory Management and Chapter 13: Supply Chain Management in the Public Sector. He was also responsible for proofreading and ensuring the flow of the textbook.

Mr Cook and Ms Howell each contributed 1 chapter respectively. Mr Cook wrote Chapter 7: Operations Management and Ms Howell wrote Chapter 6: Introduction to Warehouse Management.

The textbook provides practical applications for readers. It is written for 2nd year university students. There are not many locally written textbooks on the topic. The book has been written with South African application in mind and contains many case studies referring to various South African scenarios.
Excerpt from NMMU Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences Issue 1: Graduation 2015