Artificial intelligence is changing the nature of fragility in supply chains. The bottleneck is no longer simply how quickly teams can analyse data, but whether the underlying information is reliable, who is allowed to act on machine-generated recommendations, and whether people still have the judgement…
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UPS has finished rolling out RFID-based parcel sensing across its US small-parcel operation, a move the company says will give customers a more continuous view of shipments from collection to final delivery. The system is now built into delivery vehicles, sorting sites and more than 5,500 UPS Store locations in…
Procurement orchestration is emerging as the connective tissue for teams wrestling with fragmented tools, multiple approval paths and growing pressure to control spend. Rather than treating sourcing, contracting, approvals and supplier management as separate events, it brings them into a single coordinated flow, giving procurement…
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View AllManufacturers are finding that the promise of artificial intelligence is easier to demonstrate than to deploy. Pressure from labour shortages, higher costs, volatile supply chains and rising demand has pushed AI to the top of the agenda, but Microsoft argues that many projects still stall before they reach day-to-day operations.…
