Orica Digital Solutions advances underground mining with real-time data transfer and digital workflows
Orica Digital Solutions is pushing underground mining further into digital territory, arguing that the long-standing dependence on paper, handwritten notes and disconnected systems is still undermining productivity and decision-making at the drill-and-blast face. Two recent case studies, one from DPM Metals’ Chelopech mine in Bulgaria…
Toyota Boshoku and Huaqin launch Shanghai joint venture to innovate connected car interiors
Toyota Boshoku Huaqin (Shanghai) Automotive Electronics Co., Ltd. has begun operations in Shanghai, formalising a partnership that brings together Toyota Boshoku’s interior expertise and Huaqin Technology’s electronics and software capability as automakers race to turn cabins into more intelligent, connected environments. The joint venture is…
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Claude is emerging as a practical assistant for procurement teams that are under pressure to do more with less. In an environment shaped by rising costs, supplier disruption, compliance demands and executive pressure for faster decisions, artificial intelligence is moving from novelty to operational tool. As TechTarget notes, procurement teams…
AI-driven evolution in contract lifecycle management shifts focus to practical, agentic capabilities
The contract lifecycle management market has moved through two distinct phases in little more than a year. First came the wave of chat assistants bolted on to existing platforms. Now the centre of gravity has shifted towards agentic software that can act on contracts with…
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DHL eCommerce Americas harnesses practical AI to streamline contract review and customer case handling
DHL eCommerce Americas is betting that the most useful forms of artificial intelligence are not the most spectacular ones, but the ones that remove friction from routine work. Rather than framing AI as a grand strategic abstraction, the business is using it to speed up contract review and customer case…
SAP is pushing its enterprise software strategy towards a more ambitious model in which artificial intelligence does not just assist workers but helps carry out core business activity. At SAP Sapphire 2026, the company set out that vision under the label of the Autonomous Enterprise,…
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View AllA food safety lapse that begins with a temperature excursion in transit can now become a supply-chain-wide problem within hours, rather than a back-office exercise in paperwork. Food Logistics reported that this is why traceability is moving from a record-keeping function into an operational one, especially in cold chains where…
Accenture enhances industrial software capabilities with acquisition of Industries eXcellence Group
Accenture has agreed to buy Industries eXcellence Group, a Rome- and Chicago-based business within Italy’s Engineering Group, in a move designed to deepen its industrial software and automation offering for manufacturers. The consultancy says the deal will strengthen its ability to help clients modernise product…

