Food fraud persists as experts highlight the importance of supplier trust in safeguarding bakeries
Food fraud remains a persistent threat to bakers and ingredient buyers, with experts saying the strongest defence often begins long before products reach the factory floor. Freeman Libby, senior adviser at The Acheson Group, said most food fraud is driven by profit, but he also…
Supply chain resilience faces new threats from cyber risks and supplier fragility, report warns
A major disruption to global supply chains could leave many companies struggling to keep operating, according to a new Proxima report that paints a stark picture of how exposed boardrooms remain to shocks in logistics, cyber security and supplier fragility. In the consultancy’s Global Supply…
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NATO is being pushed to rethink how it prepares for the next drone conflict, as senior officials warn that buying and storing huge numbers of systems now could leave the Alliance with weapons that are obsolete before they are ever used. The concern reflects lessons drawn from Ukraine, where the…
Brands are shifting from transactional to strategic packaging partnerships to navigate supply chain volatility
For many consumer packaged goods companies, packaging has long been treated as a line item to squeeze rather than a capability to strengthen. That approach is becoming harder to defend as supply chains grow more volatile, product ranges widen and speed to market becomes a…
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Procurement has long been framed as a contest of leverage, with buyers judged on how much they can shave from a supplier’s price. That model still has its place, but it is proving too narrow for supply chains that are more exposed, more complex and more interdependent than they were…
How homebuilders are redefining the role of purchasing leaders to protect margins and boost project performance
For years, many homebuilders judged purchasing leadership mainly by one standard: how much money could be taken out of the budget. That question still matters. In a margin-sensitive industry, price discipline is never optional. But builders have learned that the best purchasing leaders do much…
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View AllAerospace and defence sectors push for strategic unified data layers to boost decision-making
Data has become one of the aerospace and defence sector’s most valuable assets, but many organisations are still struggling to turn it into a practical advantage. As HCLTech notes in its analysis of a unified data layer, companies are generating huge volumes of information across engineering, manufacturing, supply chains, quality,…
Shape Digital and Halliburton partner to unify energy asset management with AI integration
Shape Digital, the digital spin-off of MODEC, has entered into a strategic collaboration with Halliburton aimed at improving how energy operators manage asset performance across the full production chain. The agreement brings together Halliburton’s Landmark Digital Field Solver, a decision-making platform built to combine reservoir,…

