Amazon and Walmart are both pushing beyond their traditional retail roles, signalling a broader reinvention of how major chains expect to make money. Amazon has launched Amazon Supply Chain Services, opening its logistics network to outside businesses, including firms that do not sell on its…
Supply chain success shifts towards tailored mobile experiences driving agility and collaboration
Supply chains are no longer managed solely through warehouses, trucks and enterprise software. Increasingly, they are being shaped by mobile experiences that help companies communicate faster, train staff more effectively and give customers and partners better access to information. As supply networks grow more complex,…
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Iran’s Strait of Hormuz tactics face legal and practical hurdles to establishing a toll regime
Iran may be able to disrupt shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, but turning that disruption into a lasting toll regime is another matter entirely. The renewed confrontation between Tehran, Washington and Jerusalem has once again placed the world’s most sensitive maritime chokepoint under strain. After reported attacks on vessels…
A viral recipe or a catchy social post can now unsettle supply chains almost as quickly as a transport strike or a weather shock. Guinness shortages in the UK late last year, which the Guardian said were eased by drawing on Irish reserves usually set…
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Ukraine’s prosthetic crisis highlights procurement as a key factor in rehab access during conflict
A new paper in Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences argues that the way assistive products are bought and distributed can be as important as funding or clinical capacity in determining whether patients actually receive them. Using Ukraine’s prosthetics sector as a case study, the authors say procurement arrangements are an overlooked…
Dairy Conveyor Corporation slashes costs and boosts productivity with AI-driven manufacturing platform
Dairy Conveyor Corporation has reported a sharp drop in purchasing costs and a major gain in staff capacity after adopting CADDi’s AI-driven manufacturing data platform, according to company case material. Monica Merando, DCC’s director of purchasing, said the system helped the business cut costs by…
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View AllRising costs are pushing rivals across the UK food and grocery supply chain into closer cooperation, as businesses face mounting pressure to raise output while controlling spending, according to new research from IGD. The industry body says labour, energy and fuel costs are climbing at the same time as demand…
At Walmart’s Chicago-area logistics operation, Leo Garcia has turned a personal understanding of life on the road into a practical experiment in artificial intelligence. Garcia, a regional load manager who once spent more than five years behind the wheel himself, said he still thinks about…

