SAP has completed its acquisition of Reltio, bringing the master data management specialist into the fold at a time when enterprise software vendors are racing to make corporate information usable for agentic AI. In a statement marking the close of the deal, Reltio said it…
Five of Japan’s biggest carmakers have joined forces in an unusual push to rethink how strictly they define quality defects, as Toyota, Honda, Mazda, Suzuki and Mitsubishi move to trim needless work from their supply chains without lowering safety or performance standards. More than 100…
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Schneider Electric's supply chain transformation: from efficiency to autonomous customer-centricity in 2026
Schneider Electric began its supply chain overhaul with an uncomfortable lesson. In 2012, the industrial technology company asked customers what they really made of it, and while its products were praised for quality and capability, the delivery experience lagged behind. That gap, Stuart Whiting, the company’s senior vice president of…
Public procurement across Asia and the Pacific is moving beyond simple digitisation as governments and multilateral institutions increasingly look to artificial intelligence and data analytics to make buying systems smarter, faster and more accountable. South Korea’s Public Procurement Service used a meeting in Bhutan this…
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Levi Strauss and Marks & Spencer lead industry push for renewable electricity in fashion supply chains
Levi Strauss and Marks & Spencer have joined forces with Schneider Electric’s SE Advisory Services to launch a new initiative aimed at speeding the use of renewable electricity across fashion supply chains, in a move the companies say is designed to turn broad climate pledges into practical action. Unveiled on…
South Africa's port challenges blunt benefits from increased shipping diverted via Cape route
Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have sharply increased maritime traffic around the southern tip of Africa, but South Africa is capturing far less economic benefit than the detour might suggest. According to reporting from Oilprice.com, vessels diverted away from the Middle East and Suez…
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View AllGeneral Motors is on the verge of turning a long-term supply-chain wager into a practical advantage, with the automaker set to begin receiving rare earth magnets from MP Materials after years of work to build a more domestic source of a material critical to electric vehicles. According to Automotive News,…
Atomic raises $12.5 million to turn supply chain planning into real-time decision automation
Boston-based Atomic has raised $12.5 million in a Series A round led by Klass Capital and Madrona Venture Group, as the company moves to widen its AI-native supply chain planning software from decision support into a system that can also execute daily operating choices. Atomic…

