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A sudden doubling of US Section 232 duties on imported steel and aluminium has pushed manufacturers to accelerate supply‑chain visibility,…

Vendors promise that linking inventory, quality, procurement and IoT to a single ERP platform can accelerate recalls, reduce spoilage and…

Suppliers have complained that Asda’s new Asda Data & Reporting (ADR) system — part of the near-£1bn Project Future separation…

Long years of efficiency drives left hospitals exposed and current procurement practices — dense RFP clauses demanding exhaustive supplier mapping…

Organisations are losing up to a third of SaaS spend to under‑used subscriptions and shadow IT; centralised procurement platforms —…

As global demand for LED strip lights climbs, buyers are prioritising supplier verification, driver compatibility and cross‑border paperwork to protect…

As attackers increasingly exploit suppliers and hidden fourth‑ and fifth‑party links, regulators now treat supplier oversight as a legal obligation.…

Dropshipping’s low‑cost promise masks a harsh truth: weak SKU practices and poor supplier mapping are the most common operational failures…

This year’s CIO 100 awards highlight a shift: chief information officers are delivering measurable business value — from BCG’s Deckster…

Regulators and industry groups are pushing sponsors to move beyond transactional outsourcing: embed providers early in protocol design, adopt risk‑proportionate…

NHS Supply Chain has begun rolling out a co‑designed, cloud‑hosted online ordering platform built with Deloitte, commercetools and Google Cloud,…

Automating PO/receipt invoice matching can cut errors, speed payments and restore supplier trust — but real gains hinge on ERP…

With ODA falling and multilaterals facing deeper cuts, Ota Akhigbe argues for modest, measurable changes — flexible local buffers, a…

As Gulf firms shift from LLM proofs of concept to Retrieval‑Augmented Generation and agentic systems, leaders must prioritise unified data…

AI, cloud and IoT are already delivering single‑digit emissions cuts and operational gains across demand forecasting, route optimisation and predictive…