Mining companies have become adept at squeezing efficiencies from individual parts of the operation. Procurement teams drive harder bargains, mines chase productivity gains, processing plants tune recoveries and smelters work to maintain throughput and stability. Yet AECI Mining argues that these local wins do not…
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Fast Retailing is widening its climate push after reaching an emissions milestone years ahead of plan, and the company says the biggest gains have come from working more closely with suppliers. At a sustainability discussion at Uniqlo’s showroom in New York on Thursday, Kazumi Yanai, a director at Fast Retailing,…
Redesigning Procurement in the AI Era: Why Orchestration May Become The Most Important Capability By Isabella Ferrari, Senior Procurement Consultant and Resident Contributor at SRM Today. Based on her personal reflections and lessons learned from DPW New York. For years, procurement transformation meant digitising…
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T-Systems and SupplyOn are joining forces to bring artificial intelligence deeper into Europe’s industrial supply chains, in a move the companies say will combine automation with strict data sovereignty. Under the partnership, SupplyOn’s platform will be linked to T-Systems’ Industrial AI Cloud, allowing manufacturers and suppliers to use AI across…
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View AllDairy processing is moving beyond piecemeal automation and into a more ambitious phase: end-to-end digitisation that links information from the farm to the factory floor, distribution networks and, ultimately, the consumer. The change is being driven by artificial intelligence, cloud platforms and connected devices, which are allowing processors to replace…
Unilever is widening its use of AI-enabled digital twins across its manufacturing network in partnership with Accenture, in a move aimed at sharpening quality control, lifting efficiency and giving factories a faster response to shifts in consumer demand. The multi-year programme will see the consumer…
