For many pharmaceutical manufacturers, the logistics network they rely on today was not designed in one deliberate act. It grew layer by layer as new products were launched, markets were entered and businesses were acquired. What began as a sensible effort to avoid overdependence on…
As artificial intelligence becomes cheaper to deploy and increasingly interchangeable at the model layer, the real contest is moving elsewhere. The next advantage may not lie in who can build the most powerful system, but in who controls the mechanisms that decide what an AI…
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India’s logistics system is entering a new phase in which drones are no longer viewed simply as gadgets for pilot projects, but as one component of a broader transport network. The real issue is no longer whether an aircraft can make the trip; it is whether aerial movement can be…
The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers’ digital transformation agenda is increasingly being shaped by a simple idea: the industry will not get full value from new technology unless it also improves the quality, governance and interoperability of the information underneath it. That message…
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POSCO has stepped up its engagement with local equipment and materials suppliers by holding its second-half supplier exchange meetings in Pohang and Gwangyang, in a move the company says is aimed at deepening practical cooperation and strengthening trust across its supply chain. The sessions, held from October 12 to 15…
UKTram’s Operational Innovation Group has turned its attention to a practical but often decisive part of transport innovation: procurement. At a meeting on 6 October, members examined how buying processes can be used not simply to manage risk and compliance, but to help new ideas…
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View AllFew businesses set out to abandon spreadsheets for supplier management. More often, the change is forced by accumulation: the supplier base grows, more departments need the same information, compliance demands become more frequent and the workbook that once handled a modest list of vendors starts carrying the weight of an…
For consumer products companies, supply chain inefficiency can remain tolerable when demand is steady and forecastable. The trouble begins when demand moves quickly or a disruption hits unexpectedly. At that point, gaps in planning, inventory allocation and production coordination can turn from background friction into…

