China’s centralised buying shifts the balance of resource power from ownership to influence
For much of its modern history, Australia treated geology as a proxy for power. Vast ore bodies underpinned export income, budget receipts and a sense of strategic security. Yet the emergence of China Mineral Resources Group has exposed a more uncomfortable reality: in tightly contested…
Webinar reveals how ecommerce brands can choose the right 3PL partner for growth and stability
Barrett Distribution Centers has used a recent webinar with Fulfill.com co-founders Joe Spisak and Dan White to underline a point that many growing brands discover only after making an expensive mistake: choosing a third-party logistics provider is far more than a procurement exercise. The discussion,…
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CMA CGM, CEVA Logistics and Chery Auto forge logistics alliance to support China’s global expansion
CMA CGM Group, CEVA Logistics and Chery Auto have agreed a new logistics partnership designed to support the Chinese carmaker’s overseas expansion as it pushes deeper into Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East. The three companies signed a memorandum of understanding on 10 June at Chery’s headquarters in…
Power device shortages threaten upcoming semiconductor supply squeeze amid AI data centre expansion
The next supply squeeze in semiconductors may not come from memory chips, but from the power devices that underpin the AI build-out now reshaping data centres, according to Avnet executive Alex Iuorio. In a piece published by Semiconductor Digest, Mr Iuorio argued that the shortages…
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Velocity Electronics warns of increasing supply chain divide as AI demand accelerates disruption
Kris Kelly, president and chief executive of Velocity Electronics, says the electronics supply chain is heading into a more divided and less forgiving period over the next year, with one market increasingly shaped by AI-related demand and another left competing for whatever production capacity remains. That split, he argues, will…
Microsoft Dynamics 365 transforms supplier oversight with real-time risk and performance dashboards
Mid-market manufacturers running Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management already hold much of the raw material they need for supplier oversight in purchase orders, receipts and invoice matching records. The problem is turning that transactional data into a live scorecard that procurement teams can actually…
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View AllSustainability reporting faces reliability and resource challenges despite increasing regulation
Companies are still finding it difficult to produce trustworthy sustainability disclosures, even as climate and ESG reporting rules tighten across major markets, according to a new survey by the French technology company Sweep and Sustainability Magazine. The report, Global State of Sustainability in Businesses 2026, surveyed more than 120 international…
Green procurement in the UAE transforms supply chains by balancing sustainability and cost savings
Procurement has long been judged on price, quality and delivery, but that calculus is widening. In the UAE and across the wider region, buying teams are increasingly expected to help cut supply-chain emissions as well as protect margins, turning purchasing into a lever for both…

