Construction supply chains become central to delivering major infrastructure projects amid geopolitical pressures
Construction supply chains are no longer a back-office concern; they are now central to whether major infrastructure schemes are delivered on time, on budget and at the scale governments want. In a commentary for CBNME, Maher Merehbi, chief executive of Arabian Construction Company, argued that…
Agentic AI is beginning to change procurement by doing more than simply speeding up isolated tasks. In the procure-to-pay process, where requests are turned into purchase orders, receipts and invoices are matched, and payments are released, that matters because the work is repetitive, cross-functional and…
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Government contractors face new challenges as winning federal work becomes more competitive and regulated
For many government contractors, the most pressing worry is no longer a shutdown, a budget squeeze or another round of technological disruption. According to Washington Technology, the deeper anxiety now is far more basic: whether firms can still win enough federal work. That concern comes through clearly in the 10th…
Celonis and Valence Intelligence have launched an AI-powered tool aimed at helping finance teams resolve invoice deduction disputes far faster, as businesses continue to grapple with a labour-intensive process that can tie up cash and absorb significant administrative effort. The new product, Celonis Deductions &…
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Tech supply chains evolve into interconnected industrial networks driven by AI and cloud consolidation
The technology sector is beginning to look less like a loose collection of vendors and more like a supply chain in the industrial sense: interconnected, dependent and increasingly hard to unwind. That shift is being driven by cloud consolidation, AI, managed services and a growing willingness among buyers and suppliers…
For most companies, the bulk of their climate impact sits not in factories or offices, but across the value chain. Scope 3 emissions, which cover everything from raw materials and freight to product use and disposal, often account for the largest share of a company’s…
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View AllFertiliser traders expect urea prices to stay subdued through the coming weeks after a sharp correction in the wake of Middle East disruption, but analysts say the market could firm again in the autumn as seasonal demand returns. According to Owen Gooch, a senior analyst with Argus Media, the global…
AI-driven shift embeds technology vendors deeper into enterprise operations, transforming procurement and collaboration models
For decades, technology looked nothing like the tightly coupled supply chains that define aerospace, automotive or oil and gas. Software and infrastructure vendors could be swapped with relative ease, while enterprises stitched together their own patchwork of cloud platforms, integrators and point tools. That era…

