Microsoft enhances Dynamics 365 Supply Chain with integrated supplier engagement preview
Microsoft has moved to widen the supplier tools inside Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management with a new public preview designed to bring onboarding, supplier data and day-to-day collaboration into one place. The company says Supplier Engagement is intended to help procurement teams speed up registration,…
Retailers adopt carrier diversification to boost delivery resilience and adapt to rising customer expectations
Enterprise retailers are increasingly treating delivery as a competitive lever rather than a back-office function, as higher carrier charges, rising consumer expectations and cross-border growth put pressure on shipping networks. One of the most effective ways to ease that strain is to avoid leaning too…
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Regulatory push accelerates adoption of AI-led supply chain transparency in apparel industry
As regulators on both sides of the Atlantic press ahead with tougher rules, apparel groups are under growing pressure to see far deeper into their supply chains than ever before. The challenge now is not only tracking direct factories, but also the mills, farms, processors and logistics partners further upstream…
Sentient logistics aims to revolutionise supply chain decision-making amid rising disruption
Supply chain leaders are being pushed to make faster, more accurate decisions as trade policy uncertainty, geopolitical conflict and increasingly tangled supplier networks raise the cost of delay. Gartner expects that by 2031, 60% of supply chain disruptions will be resolved without human intervention as…
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New dimensions of ESG: embedding security and resilience into responsible investment strategies
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 has been a world in…
Private equity embraces automation and AI as core strategies for lasting industrial value
For much of private equity’s history, automation was treated as a largely tactical exercise: replace old kit, lift output, trim costs and move on. That mindset is increasingly out of step with how industrial businesses are being valued and managed. According to MiddleGround Capital’s John…
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View AllPreparing for procurement automation: why process and people matter more than technology
Procurement automation often falters not because the software is weak, but because organisations try to bolt technology on to a function that is not yet ready to absorb it. As Techtarget’s SearchERP argues, the real problem is usually preparation: teams move too quickly to platform selection and too slowly on…
Climb Global Solutions reports robust Q2 growth amid strategic vendor expansions and cloud marketplace plans
Climb Global Solutions said its second quarter was marked by broad-based growth, even as higher operating costs and a difficult comparison with last year weighed on profitability. The technology distributor reported a 17% rise in gross billings to $587.3 million in the three months to…

