Alcohol levy: Time for procurers to shine

The 30% levy on alcoholic products presents with it an opportunity for the supply chain professionals to show and demonstrate their relevance to company operations; in this case save their own company from the embarrassment of layoffs and above all return it to profitability.

Is this going to be easy? Definitely not! Whether this levy is justified or not is not the purpose of my discussion; neither is the determination of whether this will achieve the noble intentions or not.

The sole purpose of this paper is to share with KBL and the community at large on how supply chains can be employed to turn the fortunes of this company around. It is unfortunate that this situation is imposed by the external environment. There are only two options; negotiate with the government or look to your people to play the trick.

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