SupplyChain Magazine August 2018 | Page 166

OPENSERVE
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In today ’ s supply chain sector , improving visibility continues to rank as one of the most necessary but challenging tasks facing procurement professionals today .
As a listed company , van Zyl believes that improved visibility is “ absolutely critical ” to driving efficiencies and managing risk .
“ When I joined Openserve , I created a control tower capability to create visibility in our supply chain , do analytics and identify opportunities to drive efficiencies ,” he notes . “ An example would be in our network build environment , where we are busy creating a supplier interface portal to manage the supplier build capacity per region and ensure optimal work allocation .”
Understanding that today ’ s new technologies could be obsolete tomorrow , Openserve prides itself on being agile and unafraid of change . As such , it has spearheaded digital transformation across the company to remain one step ahead of its competitors . Zeroing in on its network and IT platforms , van Zyl describes how the
AUGUST 2018