Sustainability is becoming a more routine factor in purchasing decisions across Qatar, as companies look beyond price and presentation to consider how products are made, used and disposed of. At Ecossential, which supplies items such as reusable bags, drinkware, recycled stationery and plantable notebooks, operational…
India’s small-business procurement market is emerging as one of the country’s most promising battlegrounds for digital platforms, with a new industry study estimating annual MSME spending at ₹124.9 trillion and finding that four in five firms expect online sourcing to support growth within the next…
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Artificial intelligence is moving quickly to the centre of supply chain strategy, but the industry’s appetite for adoption is running ahead of its operational foundations. Across manufacturing, retail and logistics, many companies are eager to use AI to sharpen planning, improve visibility and strengthen compliance, yet surveys and industry analysis…
Artificial intelligence in procurement has travelled a long way from the era of broad promises and speculative pilots. In category intelligence, where teams must track suppliers, prices, risks and shifting market conditions, the technology is now beginning to show practical value. According to Madhukar Irvathraya,…
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Europe’s digital economy is becoming harder to separate from Europe’s security policy, and that is precisely the point of a growing debate in Brussels. The argument, set out by transport economist Andrea Giuricin in Euronews, is that the continent can no longer treat telecoms, cloud services, data centres and software…
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View AllRising 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…
