Companies are shifting to strategic early procurement of carbon credits amid market tightening
Companies are increasingly discovering that carbon credits cannot be left until the end of the reporting cycle. What was once treated as a tactical, year-end purchase is turning into a supply-chain decision with real strategic consequences. As corporate climate targets draw nearer and integrity rules…
Japan’s car industry explores collaboration to cut costs amid rising global competitiveness
Koji Sato, Toyota’s chief industry officer and chairman of Japan’s main carmakers’ lobby, is urging an industry long defined by rivalry and engineering independence to cooperate far more closely on parts and production standards. His pitch is not that Japan’s manufacturers should build identical cars,…
Top Headlines
How granular energy monitoring is transforming manufacturing competitiveness and sustainability
For much of the food, drink and wider FMCG sector, energy and sustainability have long been treated as overheads to be controlled rather than strategic assets to be exploited. That mindset is changing. With wholesale energy prices remaining unpredictable, regulators demanding evidence of progress and major customers asking harder questions…
Digital product passports: reshaping fashion’s circular economy through ecosystem-building
A study published in Business Strategy and the Environment argues that the circular economy in fashion supply chains cannot be advanced by technology alone, but depends on how firms organise knowledge, capabilities and data across the product lifecycle. The paper focuses on the digital product…
Featured Articles
Managed living procurement shifts focus to quality, sustainability and resident experience
Procurement in managed living is increasingly being treated as a core part of the resident experience rather than a back-office buying function. In an interview with Clean India Journal, Dr. Priya Malhotra, vice-president for procurement and supply chain at Stanza Living, argued that the quality of housekeeping supplies, linen, laundry…
Supply chain management is increasingly being judged by the quality of the customer experience it delivers, not just by how efficiently it moves goods. That is pushing firms to rethink the divide between back-office operations and front-line service, with agentic AI emerging as a tool…
Subscribe to Industry Updates
Get the latest news and updates directly to your inbox.
All News
View AllThe chief supply chain officer is no longer judged only on how efficiently goods move, how cheaply materials are bought or how tightly inventories are controlled. According to Gartner, the job is now increasingly shaped by geopolitical risk, with leaders expected to design supply chains that can adapt across different…
Project44's strategic split highlights divergence in logistics technology market adoption
Project44 has split itself into two businesses in a move that reflects how sharply the logistics technology market is diverging between enterprise shippers and logistics service providers. The company will continue to serve shippers through its decision intelligence platform, while a newly created AI-native business,…

