The Australian Flexible Pavement Association has emerged as a central voice in Australia’s response to bitumen and fuel supply shocks, arguing that the country’s roads sector has been forced into rapid adaptation while trying to protect both essential maintenance work and longer-term infrastructure plans. According…
Procurement has long been treated as a problem of rules. In many mid-to-large organisations, though, the rules are already in place: policy documents, approval matrices, vetted supplier lists and departmental budgets. The harder task is applying those controls consistently, every time, at the pace business…
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Nespresso’s decision to broaden its delivery network reflects a wider shift in parcel logistics, as shippers increasingly balance cost against resilience, service quality and brand experience. Regional, local and other alternative last-mile carriers delivered nearly 1.32 billion packages in the US in 2025, according to market intelligence firm The Colography…
The global electric vehicle industry is being reshaped by a wave of large battery supply agreements that are turning gigafactories into strategic assets rather than simple manufacturing sites. What once looked like a straightforward buyer-seller relationship has become a form of industrial partnership that can…
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UK organisations are still struggling to keep pace with cyber attacks that arrive through their suppliers, according to new research from Risk Ledger which suggests the problem is now both widespread and difficult to contain. The company’s “Every Link Matters: The State of Supply Chain Security 2026” report found that…
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View AllThe construction and engineering sector may be dazzled by visions of robots on site and smart glasses on foremen, but the real AI shift is happening in less visible places: finance, procurement, planning and project controls. According to industry leaders at IFS, the immediate prize lies not in theatrical automation…
