Manufacturers are under growing pressure to catch quality problems early, prevent repetition and prove, at speed, that they have done so. Yet many teams still work with fragmented systems, where inspection results sit in spreadsheets, supplier emails, audit folders and stand-alone forms that do not…
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Parfetts has struck a multi-year partnership with Cerve to roll out agentic AI across supplier data, in a move the employee-owned wholesaler says will help it turn fragmented commercial information into faster, more consistent trading decisions. The system is due to go live in October and will pull together material…
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The latest weekly roundup from ASCII.jp highlights how sharply business PC procurement costs have risen in Japan, while also showing a broader shift in corporate workplace reform towards people, skills and AI adaptation rather than technology for its own sake. (ascii.jp) In a survey of 300 people involved in corporate…
Manufacturers facing tighter margins, volatile supply chains and rising customer demands are increasingly turning to structured reviews of their operations to uncover where performance is being lost. Group50 Consulting says its Lean Manufacturing Assessment is designed to help firms examine how work actually flows across…
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View AllSimmons has teamed up with POSCO and Korea Steel Corporation in what it says is the bedding industry’s first three-way collaboration covering materials development, precision production and mattress manufacturing. The company said the agreement, announced during a media tour on 20 August at its factory complex in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province,…
Canada has joined the Belém Declaration on Sustainable Public Procurement, aligning itself with Brazil and other participating governments in an effort to make public buying decisions more environmentally responsible and more strategically linked to innovation and economic growth. The announcement was made on 21 August…
