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Author: Tielman Nieuwoudt

Tielman Nieuwoudt is a consultant focused supply chain, last-mile logistics, and informal retail service models in emerging markets. He has more than two decades of personal and professional experience — working, living and travelling across more than a hundred countries, primarily in emerging economies in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
July 23, 2010 Informal Retail

Nestlé’s Amazon distribution model

Nestlé is planning to sail a supermarket barge down two Amazon River tributaries, namely Pará and Xingu rivers in Brazil.

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December 30, 2009 Supply Chain

Cold Chain in Emerging Markets: The Heat is On

For many Chinese and Vietnamese consumers, frozen food is still a foreign concept. Large retailers in China and Vietnam continue

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December 13, 2009 Inclusive Business

How NGOs are bridging Africa’s infrastructure and technology divide

Mobile phone networks have proven to be a vital piece of technology for Africa. The technology is playing an important

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October 19, 2009 Route-to-Market

Slums – Beyond the perception

Personally, I am not very fond of the term, slums. I think it is loosely defined term for a type

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October 14, 2009 Supply Chain

Evolving Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)

Managing supplier relationships used to be a zero sum game. Most companies focused on short terms goals where price was

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August 24, 2009 Supply Chain

Lean: The emerging market challenge

Emerging economies with robust economic growth remain a significant opportunity for companies eager to grow and expand their business. With

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August 10, 2009 Country & Region

Cold chain challenges: Poor electricity supply in Guinea-Conakry

How do you create a cold chain in a city with constant power cuts and outages? This is one of

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July 5, 2009 Country & Region

Vietnam’s changing retail environment

The Vietnamese retail market has seen significant changes the last couple of years. Neighbourhoods in Ho Chi Minh City and

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July 1, 2009 Country & Region / Route-to-Market

Guinea-Conakry retail landscape

Guinea Conakry has seen better days. Political instability and an uncertain economic outlook have not helped consumer confidence in this

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February 9, 2009 Route-to-Market

Key distribution issues in emerging markets

Channel strategy – companies must map out a clear channel strategy and identify which channel the selected distributor will service.

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