Innovative procurement model boosts regional SMEs in Sellafield’s nuclear decommissioning
According to Energy Voice, a procurement model developed by Solomons Europe has helped 16 small and medium-sized enterprises win an estimated £19 million in work on Sellafield’s nuclear decommissioning programme, in a sign that the site’s supply chain is beginning to open more effectively to…
Purchasing has long been one of the most consequential functions inside a business, but the way it is managed has changed dramatically. What was once handled through emails, spreadsheets, paper purchase orders and manual sign-offs is increasingly being replaced by digital procurement platforms that aim…
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Executives are being pushed to act quickly on artificial intelligence, but the harder question is not how fast to buy it. It is whether the business is ready to absorb it. Across enterprises, the evidence increasingly points to the same conclusion: AI does not repair weak operating models. It amplifies…
Arrakis has emerged from stealth with $30 million in Series A funding as it seeks to push artificial intelligence agents deeper into industrial operations, a bet that investors say could unlock far more value than office-based automation. The round was led by Blossom Capital, with…
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Procurement creates value most effectively when it treats a contract as a complete commercial package rather than a race to shave a few points off the unit price. The figure on the quote matters, but so do payment timing, service commitments, delivery frequency, warranty scope, rebates, implementation support, and the…
Best-shore outsourcing shifts focus from cost to resilience and operational effectiveness
For more than 30 years, outsourcing was largely governed by a simple equation: move work to a lower-cost location and capture the savings. That logic still has value, but it no longer captures the full picture. As industrial and technology-led businesses contend with supply chain…
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View AllTradeshift has overhauled its analytics stack by moving from an ageing in-house business intelligence system to Amazon Quick, in a shift the company says has sped up queries, cut costs and turned reporting into a revenue-generating product. The move matters because Tradeshift sits at the centre of a complex accounts…
Kinaxis has deepened its collaboration with Nvidia in a move the company says will speed up enterprise supply chain planning by combining GPU-accelerated computing with new no-code artificial intelligence tools on its Maestro platform. According to Kinaxis, the updated setup is designed to help customers…

