Supply-chain pressure has eased substantially from the extremes recorded during the pandemic, but the risks facing companies remain varied: transport costs, supplier failures, extreme weather, cyber-attacks and shifting consumer demand can all interrupt the flow of goods. The New York Federal Reserve’s Global Supply Chain…
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Every purchasing decision shapes more than price and quality. It influences how a business uses natural resources, how it treats workers in its supply chain and how resilient its operations will be when markets tighten or conditions change. That is the central argument made by Sofia Efraimoglou-Kounenaki, who writes that…
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Bristol Myers Squibb is rethinking one of procurement’s oldest assumptions: that the function should sit between employees and the act of buying itself. At the centre of the shift is Paula Glickenhaus, the pharmaceutical group’s chief procurement officer, who said on a panel at Amazon Business’ Reshape conference that the…
Recruitment consultancies, talent acquisition specialists, recruitment advertising agencies and resourcing technology firms all play an increasingly important role in helping employers compete for scarce skills, and the shortlist for Personnel Today Awards 2026’s Talent Acquisition Supplier of the Year category reflects that pressure. The entries…
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View AllManufacturing’s digital shift is being propelled by a convergence of familiar pressures and newer technologies that are changing what operational resilience looks like. Rockwell Automation’s 11th Annual State of Smart Manufacturing Report found that 90% of manufacturing leaders now view digital transformation as essential to remaining competitive, and the reasons…
In procurement and supply chain, the hardest negotiations are rarely about price alone. They are about keeping a relationship intact while still protecting margin, performance and resilience. That is where the Harvard Principles of Negotiation remain especially useful: they shift the focus away from winning…
