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In Capetown he developed his working career in warehousing at first. He was then promoted to work for finance in a creditors department, then as a production planner and a buyer and eventually as a sales executive all for the same company. After 13 years at the same company it was time to move. He moved to Atlantis Foundries as a buyer, where once again his ability to adapt to different scenarios saw him working in multiple departments. Malcolm attempted and obtained his CPIM over 2 years through SAPICS in the Western Cape and was certified in 2002. Proving his versatility he then went on to lecture Stores and Stock Control and eventually CPIM subjects for SAPICS. His first lecturing assignments were for Stores and Stock Control which were run by SAPICS in conjunction with The Men On The Side Of the Road Project. Having been bitten by the teaching bug Malcolm was also accepted as a part time lecturer at the Capetown University of Technology in 2005 and helped to develop their Stores Management short course. He was invited to Khartoum in Sudan in 2007 to run the first ever Basics of Supply Chain Management course in that country. While he was there he also consulted with 2 companies about warehouse related issues. In 2008 he became involved in implementing a successful Lean program at Atlantis Foundries called AFOS or Atlantis Foundries Operating System. The system is based on a similar model used by Mercedes Benz South Africa, which in turn is based on the Toyota Production System. He ran some successful Kai –Zen projects in the Purchasing and Warehousing sections and helped to significantly reduce the amount of dead stock carried by the company. He also ran successful projects in the Melting department at the foundry, which resulted in reducing changeover times and reduced downtime after line stoppages. Malcolm was again asked to utilise his expertise to help in an ERP alignment project, and was seconded to the project with a specific focus on Bills of Materials. Since the completion of the project he remained as the custodian of the Bills of Materials. After 20 years in the trenches Malcolm has finally decided to get out and get his feet wet in the world of consulting. He sees his future as helping companies to achieve their financial and productivity goals as well as helping individuals to develop promising careers in the Supply Chain and Manufacturing fields. Malcolm offers the following services to prospective clients Lecturing:
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Malcolm Smith is
a native of Zimbabwe. He was born in Bulawayo in 1967. He attended
Barham Green Primary School and later Founders High School. After
leaving school in 1983 he went to work as a Spare parts salesman at
a local service centre. He then became a car salesman and eventually
moved back to selling spare parts at an auto electrical company. In
1990 Malcolm followed his life long dream to move to Capetown and
has been living there ever since.