As businesses expand, the seemingly simple task of keeping track of what has been ordered, approved, received and paid can quickly become a source of friction. More employees place more requests, more suppliers enter the picture and finance teams are left handling a far larger…
Construction firms rarely win better prices from material suppliers by simply asking for a discount. The more effective route is to make themselves cheaper and less risky to serve. That means offering suppliers predictable volume, clean ordering, timely payment and enough visibility to plan around…
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The European Commission has set out a proposal designed to turn the bloc’s innovation weakness into a source of industrial strength, with a new legal framework intended to make it easier for public bodies to buy research and development services and for companies to turn intellectual property into financeable assets.…
Portuguese technology company C-MORE has unveiled ALMA, an artificial intelligence agent it says has been designed to avoid the kind of “hallucinations” that can undermine generative AI in corporate compliance and sustainability work. The system has been built to audit suppliers and monitor supply chains…
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FourKites has unveiled a new commercial model it is calling Outcome-as-a-Service for Supply Chain, positioning its software around specific business results rather than the features of individual tools. The Chicago-based company said the shift reflects a broader change in enterprise technology, as businesses increasingly judge suppliers on whether they can…
American Express Global Business Travel has unveiled Hotel Lobby, an agentic artificial intelligence capability designed to speed up hotel sourcing and keep travel programmes under review throughout the year rather than only at renewal points. The company says the new tool sits within its hotel…
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View AllPublic procurement could become one of the most effective tools for easing construction’s skills crisis if it is used not just to buy capacity for the next contract, but to help shape the workforce that will deliver work for years to come. That is the argument advanced by Graham Collie,…
L’Oréal Travel Retail and Avolta have agreed a joint sustainability-linked business plan aimed at cutting emissions, widening access to refillable beauty and embedding sustainability more deeply into frontline retail operations across the global travel retail sector. The plan was formalised at the TFWA World Exhibition…

