Supply chain resilience is increasingly being shaped by how well organisations can see risk coming, diversify their supplier base and act on data quickly, according to Ivalua. Speaking to EME Outlook, Ian Thompson, vice-president for Northern Europe at the procurement software company, said the era…
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A company’s reputation is rarely secured in public statements. More often, it is earned in the unnoticed routines that keep promises intact. For leaders running complex supply chains, that means the real relationship with a customer is shaped long before a launch, a shipment or a headline moment. It is…
In a sector where disruption has become a routine operating condition, pharmaceutical companies are being urged to treat supplier relationships as strategic assets rather than transactional arrangements. Paula Pulsoni, vice-president of service development and innovation at World Courier, said the difference between a functioning partnership…
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Grid reliability still hinges on careful engineering and disciplined planning, but for utilities and developers the bottleneck is increasingly more basic: the hardware is not arriving on time. Danielle Pirrone, president and chief operating officer of ULE Group, argues that procurement has become a direct reliability issue because projects can…
EcoVadis has used its latest purpose report to set out a more ambitious role for sustainability ratings in corporate supply chains, as procurement teams, suppliers and investors face growing pressure to turn ESG commitments into measurable action. The Paris-based company said more than 1,400 procurement…
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View AllContainer shipping is being dragged into the light by data. What was once a market shaped by private negotiations, uneven information and personal relationships is gradually becoming one that can be measured, compared and challenged in real time. Xeneta has built its ocean freight platform around that shift. The company…
