SPEED, the digital procurement platform operated by CDC International Sdn Bhd, has been named among the Innovative Tech Companies of the Year at the Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Awards 2026, a recognition that underlines the growing emphasis on technology-led procurement reform across the region.…
A new study examining Nigeria’s small business sector suggests that the fortunes of small and medium-sized enterprises are shaped not by monetary policy alone, but by a wider mix of financial, digital and geopolitical forces that interact differently depending on the economic environment. Published in…
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For small firms, being paid on time is rarely the result of luck. It is usually the outcome of careful preparation long before an invoice is raised, from the first supplier registration to the wording of the contract and the systems used to chase payment. Emma Jones CBE, the Small…
Procurement teams that still talk about software “renewals” are, in effect, assuming the answer before the question has even been asked. That was the central argument made by Michael Shields in a recent OnlyCFO essay, which reflects a wider shift in finance and procurement as…
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ORO Labs has struck an agreement with SAP to market its procurement orchestration platform as a solution extension, a move that underlines how enterprise software vendors are increasingly packaging automation around the systems customers already use. The product will be sold under the name SAP Ariba Procurement Orchestration by ORO…
In the rush to deploy AI agents, many organisations are discovering that the technology is only as dependable as the systems wrapped around it. The latest cautionary tale is not that agents are inherently unusable, but that businesses keep asking them to operate in environments…
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View AllSpanish small and medium-sized enterprises are steadily reshaping the way they buy, source and receive goods, moving towards supply chains that are more mixed, more selective and, above all, closer to home. The latest edition of Geopost’s 2B Recipient Barometer suggests that this shift is being driven by a combination…
Boeing is pressing its suppliers to replace long-standing manual production practices with greater automation, in a move the company says is necessary if aircraft output is to rise meaningfully. At an industry event on Wednesday, Boeing chief technology officer Lane Ballard argued that the aerospace…

