Northwind Trading Co.
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14/11/2025
Operations
by Riley van der Merwe

Load-shedding, energy costs and your equipment

Load-shedding, energy costs and your equipment

Northwind Trading Co. supplies equipment to businesses across South Africa. This article walks through what our customers ask us most often on this topic.

What to look at first

Start with how many people need to be covered, then work backwards to the spec.

Where teams get it wrong

Buying for today's headcount rather than next year's is the most expensive mistake we see.