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SUMMARY:Supply Chain Action Network (SCAN) meeting
DESCRIPTION:“Supply Chain Traceability: Improving Africa’s Agriculture and Health Sectors” \n \nSupply chain traceability is the key to unlocking the potential of Africa’s agricultural and health sectors. It involves establishing transparent and efficient processes to track and verify the movement of goods throughout the supply chain\, from production to consumption. \nIn the rapidly evolving landscape of Africa’s economies\, embracing supply chain traceability is a crucial step that can provide numerous benefits. In both the agriculture and health sectors\, it can help ensure product safety\, quality and compliance with regulatory standards. \nOn May 4\, the Supply Chain Action Network (SCAN) will convene to explore the possibilities for enhancing supply chain traceability to improve Africa’s agricultural and health sectors. The discussions will explore adopting cutting-edge technologies and establishing effective cross-sector collaborations to enhance supply chain traceability. \nIntegrating innovative technologies\, such as blockchain\, the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI)\, holds immense promise for improving traceability within Africa’s supply chains. These digital solutions can enable real-time tracking of products\, ensuring authenticity and reducing the risk of fraud\, counterfeiting and foodborne illnesses. \nFurthermore\, by leveraging these technologies\, businesses can enhance efficiency\, minimize waste\, and better manage their resources. The ultimate outcome is increased profits. \nCollaboration is another essential aspect of supply chain traceability. Bringing together stakeholders from different sectors can help create an enabling environment for implementing traceability initiatives. \nBy working together\, these actors can establish harmonized regulatory frameworks\, share best practices\, and develop public-private partnerships to bolster investment in traceability infrastructure and capacity building. \nThe upcoming Supply Chain Action Network (SCAN) event will serve as a platform for thought leaders\, policymakers and industry experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities surrounding supply chain traceability in Africa’s agricultural and health sectors. \nBy sharing knowledge\, expertise\, and experiences\, participants can identify practical solutions and strategies that can be implemented across the continent to foster a more transparent\, efficient and resilient supply chain ecosystem. \nJoin us on May 4 to learn more about the transformative potential of supply chain traceability and contribute to shaping a sustainable future for Africa’s agriculture and health sectors. The day will include two presentations followed by Q&A\, lunch\, a panel discussion and breakout sessions. \nMeet the presenters:\n\n\n\nStephen Acheampong is a seasoned sustainability professional with over 15 years of diversified hands-on experience in global assurance systems such as organic certification\, sustainable agriculture standards and Fairtrade compliance systems. \nHe currently works for the Rainforest Alliance as the senior officer for certification bodies monitoring in charge of Africa. \nDuring his presentation\, Acheampong will focus on the agriculture sector\, examining the significance of traceability in ensuring food safety\, reducing waste and supporting sustainable practices. He will share successful case studies from across the continent\, demonstrating how traceability has improved productivity\, market access and profitability for African farmers. \n\n\n\nResilinc CEO Bindiya Vakil is credited with bringing supply chain risk management into the mainstream. She has helped transform the way global organizations approach supply chain visibility and risk. \nShe was named Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s inaugural Woman of the Year and has appeared on nationally syndicated TV\, radio and print media speaking on the topic of supply chain resiliency. \nVakil will cover how supply chain mapping is helping companies better understand the health care supply chain landscape and who the players are\, down to the supplier\, site and part level.
URL:https://carisca.knust.edu.gh/event/supply-chain-action-network-scan-meeting-3/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230522
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SUMMARY:Qualitative Data Analysis and Report Writing
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nQualitative research allows for exploration of how and why phenomena happen\, such as why people behave the way they do\, compared to quantitative research\, which tells us the size and scope of these behaviors. But the data qualitative research generates is often unstructured. \nTo interpret and derive meaningful insights from the data\, qualitative researchers apply structured methods and use special analytics tools. NVivo is one tool that helps researchers organize\, analyze and visualize qualitative data in an efficient and effective way. \nIf you are working with qualitative data\, join us May 22 to learn how to use NVivo to facilitate your data analysis. At this CARISCA Training Series workshop\, the presenters will take you on a journey to learn how to create your codebook\, code and analyze qualitative data\, and make a story out of it. \nThey will take you through the process of setting up your project\, importing your data\, coding your data\, and exporting your data in order to write your report. \nThis training is for anyone who is working with qualitative data\, including students. Even if you are new to NVivo and analyzing qualitative data\, you should find this workshop useful. \nAbout the presenters:\n\n\n\nKekeli Adonu is the research and training coordinator for CARISCA and a social scientist specializing in social protection\, quantitative and qualitative analyses in the fields of child wellbeing and poverty. Before joining CARISCA\, she worked for DataPlas Ltd.\, the Population Council and Social Policy Research Institute. \nAdonu holds a master’s degree in social protection financing from the University of Mauritius and a bachelor’s degree in economics from KNUST. \n\n\n\nRoseanne Schuster is a senior technical advisor for CARISCA and co-lead of the access and inclusion component of the project. She also is an assistant research scientist for Arizona State University’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change and program lead for the master’s in global health program. \nSchuster holds a PhD in international nutrition from Cornell University\, a master’s in community health sciences from the University of Northern British Columbia and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Canisius College.
URL:https://carisca.knust.edu.gh/event/qualitative-data-analysis-and-report-writing/
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SUMMARY:Ghana Logistics Managers Index Webinar
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nGhanaian logistics activities have weathered the storms of a near recession mid-2022 and have been resilient in the face of a challeng­ing operating environment. Results from the 2023 first quarter Logistics Managers Index report reveal optimism that the logistics sector is rebounding. \nJoin us May 23 to hear more results from the latest survey of Ghanaian logistics managers and gain critical insights from the LMI researchers. \nThe Logistics Managers Index is a tool CARISCA created in 2022 to support decision-makers and improve businesses and livelihoods in Africa. By measuring combinations of inventory\, warehouse and transportation activities and tracking the relationship between these variables\, the LMI provides a timely measure of movement in logistics activities in Ghana. \nThe Ghana LMI is the first of its kind in Africa\, and a significant step toward supply chain efficiency\, visibility and transparency in the country. \nThe LMI measures the quarterly growth or decline of Ghana’s logistics industry based on eight key components: \n\n\n\nInventory levels\nInventory costs\nWarehousing capacity\nWarehousing utilization\n\n\n\n\nWarehousing prices\nTransportation capacity\nTransportation utilization\nTransportation prices\n\n\n\n\n\nThe full 2023 first quarter report will be released in early May\, prior to the webinar. Visit the LMI website to learn more and download past reports.
URL:https://carisca.knust.edu.gh/event/ghana-logistics-managers-index-webinar/
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SUMMARY:Supply Chain Analytics
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nGiven the importance of the supply chain to organizations across the globe\, businesses are looking for opportunities to make processes faster\, cheaper and easier as materials move from the point of origin to the point of consumption. Supply chains involve many different activities\, people and organizations\, which produce a vast amount of information. This overwhelming amount of data has to be processed and converted into forms that influence key decisions and lead to better results. Supply chain analytics uses data analytical tools to manage and improve supply chain functions\, such as demand planning\, order processing and inventory control\, and risk management. This workshop will build the capacity of supply chain practitioners and service providers in both the public and private sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa\, to use big data to support supply chain management decisions. \nWhat will you learn?\nIn this workshop\, you will apply various techniques to analyze\, model and visualize several aspects of operations\, procurement\, logistics and supply chain. Additionally\, you will model various supply chain analytics on dashboards to solve industry-related problems. You will use analytical platforms and tools such as Microsoft Power BI\, Python and R Studio to model the various supply chain analytics.
URL:https://carisca.knust.edu.gh/event/supply-chain-analytics/
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