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Preliminaries on Business Model Customer segments The different groupings of customers based on specific things e.g. age, gender, interests and spending habits The customer segment are the people who we target It is fruitful to start by understanding the persona for each customer segment The value proposition may differ across these segments Value proposition This is the problem you are solving This would be the specific pain point you are relieving Customer relationships This is concerned with how business interacts with customers This is usually where the user journey comes in that clarifies the points of engagement between business and the customer, and the modes (touch points) used to relate to the customers Channels These are the avenues of customer interaction and becomes part of the sales cycle You consider where the customers are located and how we are going to tell them about the value proposition Key Activities This is the consideration of what the business does and what the ...

This session was insightful introduction into the future of logistics. I learnt that the the world of work is shifting. The corporate environment is slowly moving with the times and is increasingly digitizing. The employee is therefore expected to evolve into an employee that is able to: Work anytime, Work anywhere, Work on on any device, Focus on outputs, Create their own ladder, Customize their work, Share information, Develop into a leader, Rely on collaboration technologies, Focus on adaptive learning, and Learn on their own.  However, the lack of digital culture and training is hampering the logistics and transportation industry. More over, companies are concerned about various challenges that are impeding their ability to digitize their operations. Companies are concerned with data security and data privacy, especially with the increasing use of external data. What I also found insightful was the the high financial investments and the lack of digital strategy are other issues...

Background 2020 has marked the start of my journey into e-Logistics and this is perhaps a good time for me to pick up this blog again. My last blog was in 2014 when I was still employed as Research Assistant at the Digital Media Studios at the University of the Western Cape. I had left the Digital Media Studios (DMS) in 2014 for medical reasons. In March this year I met up with my former supervisor. We had a short but fruitful chat. I shared with him my research endeavors especially as it relates to digital technology in Higher Education. I subsequently shared my research article in Research Analytics. I must admit, I am extremely grateful to my exposure so early into computer software and media applications at the DMS. Where am I now? Six years on, I am still somehow involved with the University of the Western Cape but this time via the Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA). IDIA was born out of the partnership of University of the Western Cape (UWC), Universi...

My first day back at work after 3 weeks of absentia (as I took an indefinite leave for medical reasons) seems to be going quite well as a matter of fact. Walking back into the office, I felt the energy that welcomed me here the first day I stepped in. My supervisor seems to be pleased with me back at work and I seem to be content with being back at the office. It has been a while. It is not uncommon among students that undertake disciplines that involve economic and management sciences to table the discussion of the current economic climate and the cause of such. Most will concur with each other this is a result of the chaos involved in the Auditing and Financial Accounting disciplines, but a few may even point out that this is a result of an information system that does address these issues within these disciplines. Moreover, more and more arguments are simple connotations that suggest how I.T. and Accounting disciplines should be aligned as to pre-empt, prevent or even avoid the...

Just one of those weeks when time seems to catch up with you, once in a while. I recently tumbled across a cool invention by Google called Google Sites. I went through the whole reviews of the service offered by Google electronically and I was quite impressed by the app. I think it would be quite useful to students who find themselves in a position where they need to get information from other students (a community notice board). It allows for the admin and whomsoever else will have relevant permissions to post on the sit to post announcements, advertisements, career information and so and so forth. If that's what you would like to have access to then you should try Google Sites out. Anyway, this week has gone by so smoothly that it is actually unbelievable that it is Wednesday already. Let me ride this week through on this tip that I am on.

This week started off slow rather than the usual fast-paced life or week I'd have in my life. I'm still much focused on the whole Digital Story side of things. I have my audio and my pictures together but the whole software is giving me a problem to say nonetheless. I am not a huge fan of using this type of software that is not really user-friendly. I am trying to piece in everything bit by bit, and I hope it does go down quite well. The week has been catching up with me, it's escalated to Thursday already and I have yet to finish this project. I will hopefully get it done by the end of the week. That's basically been my week thus far except the whole issue with vacation is really one that interests me since we are not really on vacation through out these holidays.

Today was my first shoot for the Digital Media Studios at Information and Communication Services (ICS). The event was part of the ICS workshop in conjunction with other departments in the university that would include various executives of the university. The first problem we encountered was with regard to the lighting in the venue itself. The sound was also quite a problem in itself but somehow Tosin and Andre had it fixed in no time at all. Another problem I faced was the fact that I was falling half asleep the whole time, and that can not be blamed on me in particular but rather the exams and the content of the presentation that was being delivered at the seminar itself. Apart from all that, the seminar did kind of help as I was introduced to various topics and content that related to ITS itself, so it was not totally a waste of time. I learnt a lot things though at this firs shoot.