Telecom operators have long been expected to do several difficult things at once: modernise networks, safeguard critical infrastructure, keep supplier ecosystems resilient and stay ahead of regulatory and security demands, all while holding the line on spending. In that environment, procurement is increasingly being judged…
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Rising costs, tighter margins and smaller teams are pushing many businesses to make do with the suppliers they already know, even when those relationships are not the best fit on price, capability or terms. That hesitation can be costly, particularly for founders and procurement teams that lack the time or…
The past three years have exposed a fault line in responsible investment that many frameworks were never built to handle. Conflict has intensified, trade barriers have returned as policy tools and governments are leaning more heavily on sanctions, export controls and industrial strategy. The result…
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Importers often focus on the freight rate because it is the number they can see first. Yet, as freight procurement specialists repeatedly point out, that figure is usually only the beginning of the bill. Charges accumulate at every stage of the journey, from origin handling to customs clearance and last-mile…
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View AllMetso says it has pushed its digital performance services deeper into minerals processing, with more than 800 pieces of equipment now connected to its monitoring systems, more than twice the number recorded when the company launched the offering in September 2025. The Finnish group says the data-driven model is aimed…
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,…
