Browsing: Procurement Mandate

**West Africa:** The Palm Oil Barometer 2025 warns that without equitable procurement reforms prioritising smallholder farmers, the region’s palm oil…

**London**: Danish jewellery maker Pandora plans supply chain changes to reduce exposure to US tariffs on Thai goods amid ongoing…

**Maharashtra**: Nestlé India has opened its most advanced distribution centre in Bhiwandi, integrating Digital Twin simulation and India’s first shuttle…

**Hong Kong:** Escalating US-China trade war with tariffs up to 145% has led to cancellation of 41% of container shipments…

**Kuwait:** JAGGAER and Amazon Web Services have teamed up to introduce JAGGAER One, a scalable source-to-pay platform leveraging AWS cloud…

**Global shipping industry**: The 2025 ESG Climate Survey reveals a seismic shift in maritime priorities, with geopolitical tensions and supply…

**United States:** Kimberly-Clark is committing $2 billion over five years to create a high-tech plant in Ohio and an automated…

**United States:** Renewed tariffs on Chinese imports have caused container shipments to plummet by up to 60%, triggering supply shortages…

**Global electronics sector:** Altium’s integration of Octopart with its 365 platform offers real-time data to combat electronic component obsolescence exceeding…

**London**: The UK food sector faces mounting pressures from rising labour costs and population growth, prompting calls for urgent investment…

**Mexico City**: Over 54% of CEOs from BMV-listed companies signal growing unease due to volatile political and commercial conditions, with…

**India**: KredX is transforming supply chain resilience by delivering faster, smarter working capital solutions through its Domestic Trade Exchange and…

**UK aerospace and defence sector**: Rising defence budgets and prolonged system lifecycles intensify obsolescence challenges, prompting Rochester Electronics to lead…

**Harare**: Intrachem highlights that high raw material costs, import tariffs, and unfair duty exemptions for foreign goods are undermining Zimbabwe’s…

**Global:** Otto International has upgraded its supply chain operations by partnering with TradeBeyond, adopting a unified platform that enhances compliance…