EcoVadis is deepening its use of artificial intelligence through a new partnership with Google Cloud, as the sustainability ratings provider looks to speed up internal workflows and sharpen the intelligence it delivers to corporate clients. The company will adopt Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise platform to…
PartsNow.AI has entered the heavy-duty parts market with a pitch that is equal parts convenience and disruption: an AI-driven procurement tool designed to help fleets, repair shops, owner-operators and distributors identify and order truck parts more quickly. Launched in March, the platform combines chat, voice…
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Accenture, Vodafone Procure & Connect and SAP have been testing humanoid robots in a live warehouse environment in Germany, in an effort to show how physical AI could alter logistics operations and future staffing models. The pilot took place at Vodafone Procure & Connect’s warehouse in Duisburg, where the robots…
PepsiCo has reworked its Asia-Pacific Greenhouse programme for 2026, narrowing the field and pushing the initiative further towards commercial deployment rather than early-stage experimentation. The seven-month scheme will feature five startups drawn from previous cohorts, including Sydney-based Adiona and X-Centric, as PepsiCo looks to turn…
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Blockchain is moving from a niche experiment in logistics to a broader supply chain tool as companies seek tighter control over provenance, compliance and shipment status. IMARC Group estimates that the global market for blockchain in supply chain management was worth $1,637.1 million in 2025 and will expand to $34,991.8…
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View AllTSR Group and BASF have agreed to build out a wider European battery-recycling network as the bloc’s electric-vehicle market continues to mature and the problem of end-of-life batteries becomes more urgent. According to BASF, the collaboration covers the dismantling and safe discharging of spent EV batteries, the conversion of recovered…
Precoro has unveiled a Universal PunchOut Connector it says will let procurement teams extend automated purchasing to suppliers that do not already sit on its official integration list, widening access to the familiar PunchOut model beyond major vendors and into smaller or more specialised distributor…
