By Cecil MENSAH
A speaker at the lecture of the Henley Alumni Group of Ghana (HAGG) has commended the supply chain management unit at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) for tremendous improvements rolled out at the terminals of the airport.
Mr. Jonathan Brough, an alumnus of the Henley Business School (UK) made this commendation when he delivered a lecture on the topic: Leading edge practices in supply chain management’ in Accra.
According to him, he had been travelling into the country since the 1990’s and anytime he comes back he realizes that the supply chain at the KIA was always being improved upon.
He argued that these developments at the terminals have helped to make movements from the terminal easy and less time consuming than in the past.
He said this gives him a sense of feeling that he is safe by travelling into the country.
In delivering the lecture, he took the participants through the good practice of supply chain development techniques.
According to him, in supply chain management, the customer must be updated on all new developments as well as the strategies being rolled out to meet their demands.
HAGG is a network of students of the Henley Business School of the Reading University in the United Kingdom (UK).
The university produces a nationwide network of business professionals who help themselves to realise ambitions. HAGG has more than two hundred business people in the Ghana Club 100’s business entities and institutions such as Anglo-Gold, Bank of Ghana, Fidelity Bank, Ecobank, Barclays Bank, University of Ghana, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), among others.
Paperless system
Commenting on the paperless regime at the country’s points of entry, Brough maintained that paperless is part of the supply chain management and this should have happened some ten years ago because the information has been out there.
Developments at ports are no more on paper, it has been digital all this while because the information on paperless has been there all these times, he said
He noted that the process is high change management and it has taken the ports by storm and it is fast increasing the revenue base of most governments on the continent.
He noted that doing business in the sub-region is difficult even though the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have trade treaties that ensure free trade.
He explained that people who are affected by the paperless regime must see it as their new role to navigate the different parts of the departments in the port.
He urged supply chain managers to endeavour to learn new things by using technology to prevent them from standing still.
He said training in new and evolving areas of the supply chain helps to fix the problems that pop up.
Nii Adumassa-Baddoo, Chief Executive Officer of NABS Business Consulting, said chain management is a physical inflow of goods and information.
According to him, with effective control as well as the right strategies there will always be growth.
He said the series of lectures will provide alumni and other prospective participants the opportunity to learn more about latest business, management, technology and developments in Management Information System (MIS).
He was of the view that this will help increase the visibility for the local companies and institutions where they find themselves.
