Procurement strategies need to focus on physical realities amid Iran conflict disruptions
Procurement leaders are being warned not to confuse a market rally with a genuine easing in supply, as the Iran conflict continues to expose how quickly headlines can diverge from the physical realities of production, logistics and inventory. The central lesson is simple: a ceasefire,…
Lufthansa Group has begun trimming its summer schedule by about 20,000 short-haul flights through October as soaring jet fuel costs force airlines to rethink capacity across Europe. The cuts, which the company says will mainly affect its Frankfurt and Munich hubs, are designed to remove…
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Why supplier scorecards need to evolve from static reports to real-time management tools
Supplier scorecards are everywhere in procurement and supply chain teams, yet their prevalence often masks a more basic weakness: they frequently describe performance after the fact rather than helping to change it in real time. That is the central problem raised by Logistics Viewpoints, which argues that many companies continue…
Retail supply chains are increasingly being squeezed by a problem that is easy to overlook and expensive to ignore: too much freight work is still being handled by hand. According to Transvirtual’s analysis, teams that depend on multiple carrier portals, spreadsheets and email trails spend…
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Procurement orchestration is emerging as the connective tissue for teams wrestling with fragmented tools, multiple approval paths and growing pressure to control spend. Rather than treating sourcing, contracting, approvals and supplier management as separate events, it brings them into a single coordinated flow, giving procurement a clearer operational picture and…
French companies are being pushed into a new era of energy buying, one in which procurement is tied as much to regulation and carbon strategy as to price. The end of the ARENH framework, which for years gave firms access to a slice of nuclear…
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View AllAfrica’s supply chains have improved markedly since the pandemic, helped by fresh investment in ports, rail links and trade systems, but the current wave of geopolitical tension is exposing how much further the continent still has to go. The African Development Bank said in May 2025 that it had committed…
UK finance chiefs see automation as crucial but hindered by manual processes, survey reveals
A survey commissioned by Corpay suggests many UK finance chiefs still see spend management as overly dependent on manual processes, even as they increasingly view automation and card-based payments as strategically important. The research, which covered 300 chief financial officers at companies in sectors including…

