O-FM is a regional radio station based in Bloemfontein, South Africa. O-FM covers three provinces – the Free State, the North West province, and the Northern Cape province. In 2005, it also commenced broadcasts into the Vaal Triangle area. It broadcasts in English and Afrikaans, in an adult contemporary format. Recentl
Key 8 of the 20 Keys System for operations excellence, Coupled Manufacturing/Production, is about a strategy and methods to link processes in order to ensure: a smooth, fast process, product and information flow, with low inventory levels, and effective communication between the different up- and downstream processes/f
On Friday 26 June 2020, Grain Field Chickens (GFC – a chicken processing plant in Reitz and a member of the VKB Group) was awarded the 20 Keys International Excellence Award, by PDI (Japan), and ODI (South Africa). GFC started their 20 Keys journey in March 2016, when Theo van Strijp, currently MD, asked me to present
The VKB Group is a modern, dynamic and leading agricultural enterprise that has, since its establishment almost a century ago, constantly focused on progressively managing solutions for the changing and various needs of agricultural producers and related stakeholders. Today the VKB Group can be esteemed to be a “h
As part of VKB’s commitment to the development of their employees, ODI’s Mbali Tshabalala facilitated the NQF3 National Certificate in Management learnership at their offices in the Free State.
Johan Benadie of ODI and Landi vd Merwe, Continuous Improvement Manager at VKB Agri Processors, kicked off the 20 Keys implementation at Triple V Feeds, Vrede with a planning workshop.