Agentic AI poised to transform business-to-business payment terms from fixed clauses to dynamic decisions
Net 30 has endured through a decade of invoice digitisation, bank connectivity and more sophisticated cash forecasting, but the arrival of agentic artificial intelligence is beginning to expose how little has changed in the economics of business-to-business payments. The core promise is not simply faster…
Industrial firms are increasingly turning to agentic AI as they struggle with a widening capacity gap in supply chains, according to research from IFS. The software company said industrial workers lose an average of 41 per cent of their time to manual, repetitive tasks, while…
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India’s semiconductor sector gains logistics partner with Japan’s NX Group to strengthen supply chain resilience
India’s push to build a domestic semiconductor industry has gained another logistical backer, after the government-backed India Semiconductor Mission and Japan’s NX Group signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on supply chain and transport solutions for the sector. According to statements issued around SEMICON India 2026, the two…
The Iran conflict is being watched in energy markets for its effect on crude prices and shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, but the deeper danger for the US defence sector lies elsewhere: in the fragile web of specialist materials that modern weapons production depends…
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Across Africa’s mining sector, the debate over productivity is shifting. The old focus on pushing harder, lifting throughput and adding capacity is giving way to a more practical question: how do mines make the equipment they already own perform more consistently, for longer? That change matters because in mining, unpredictability…
Bureau Veritas, CMA CGM and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute have launched a joint development project to explore how artificial intelligence and digital decision-support tools could be embedded on container ships without removing human control from the bridge. Announced at SMM in Hamburg,…
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View AllSaudi Arabia's evolving supply chain sector drives demand for digital expertise and strategic skills
Saudi Arabia’s logistics and supply chain sector is expanding rapidly as Vision 2030 continues to position the Kingdom as a key crossroads for international commerce. That growth has raised the bar for anyone hoping to build a lasting career in the field. The work is no longer about simply moving…
Inventory KPIs matter because they turn stock management from a guess into a discipline. For any business that buys, stores, moves or sells physical goods, the question is not simply whether inventory exists, but whether it is working hard enough, accurately enough and cheaply enough.…

