Velocity Electronics warns of increasing supply chain divide as AI demand accelerates disruption
Kris Kelly, president and chief executive of Velocity Electronics, says the electronics supply chain is heading into a more divided and less forgiving period over the next year, with one market increasingly shaped by AI-related demand and another left competing for whatever production capacity remains.…
EcoVadis and five major retail groups have launched a new sector-wide effort aimed at tightening sustainability standards across global retail supply chains, in a move designed to reduce duplication, improve transparency and strengthen ESG-focused procurement. The Retail Impact Initiative brings together ALDI SOUTH Group, Lidl…
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Fashion Sourcing shifts global fashion supply chain towards transparency and controlled sourcing
Global sourcing is moving away from informal, relationship-led dealmaking and towards a more controlled model built on visibility, verification and execution. Fashion Sourcing, a Miami-based B2B e-commerce and global procurement company with teams across Asia, is positioning itself within that shift by offering businesses access to a vetted manufacturing network…
Many technology leaders discovered, rather late, that the real problem with enterprise AI was not adoption but billing. What began as a modest rollout to a handful of staff soon spread across departments, and with each new team came another layer of licences, another line…
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Swissport launches automated cargo terminal at Shanghai Pudong, marking its first in mainland China
Swissport has opened cargo operations at the Digital & Intelligent International Cargo Terminal at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, giving the global aviation services group its first foothold in mainland China and a new base in one of the world’s most important air freight gateways. The move, announced by Swissport, comes…
Nestlé’s KitKat traceability highlights the challenge of maintaining product data accuracy across supply networks
Nestlé’s effort to trace a stolen KitKat has brought a fast-moving corner of supply chain technology into sharper focus: it is now possible to give an individual product a digital identity, follow it through the network and even create a live interaction with it. But…
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View AllEnterprise software acquisitions aim to embed AI into business processes, not just support automation
A fresh round of acquisitions is showing how enterprise software vendors are trying to move artificial intelligence beyond chat, summaries and recommendations and into the mechanics of doing actual work. Asana, Coupa, Salesforce and Vertice have all moved to buy capabilities that deepen their platforms in different parts of the…
Tosca achieves top 5% EcoVadis Gold rating for 2026 amid rising demand for tangible sustainability proof
Tosca has been awarded a Gold EcoVadis rating for 2026, a result that places the reusable packaging company among the top 5% of businesses assessed worldwide and reflects growing pressure on suppliers to prove their sustainability claims with hard evidence. The recognition comes as European…

