Alibaba is launching a service that enables companies to create autonomous AI assistants for digital tasks, positioning itself to lead China’s rapidly growing agentic AI sector amid rising enterprise demand and regulatory challenges. Alibaba is preparing to roll out a service that will enable companies…
Choosing the right mix of payroll providers is crucial for multinational companies aiming for smooth operations, with recent industry analysis highlighting the importance of tailored provider models, governance, and automation to optimise resilience and compliance. Selecting the right mix of payroll providers is one of…
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Retailers are adopting advanced analytics, automation, and integrated planning to overcome traditional supply chain challenges, enhancing demand forecasting and inventory management. Getting the right product to the right place at the right moment remains a central challenge for retailers and supply chains. Effective allocation and replenishment planning reduces stockouts, limits…
Business-to-business buying is shifting from slow, relationship-based deals to rapid, self-service transactions empowered by consumer-grade digital tools, with embedded finance and AI fueling this disruption. Business-to-business purchasing is shedding its reputation for slow, relationship-bound transactions and evolving into a more immediate, self-directed activity shaped by…
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Companies are moving away from traditional low-cost labour models to deliberate, proximity-focused supply chains that prioritise speed, resilience, and regulatory agility, driven by recent shocks and technological advances. Companies can no longer treat location decisions as an afterthought; the choice of where to manufacture, store and distribute goods has become…
As organisations seek greater resilience and strategic advantage, procurement advisers are increasingly integrating digital tools, risk mitigation, and ecosystem design into transformative strategies that go beyond cost-cutting. Procurement has moved a long way from a back-office function concerned mainly with purchasing and price negotiation. Today’s…
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View AllNintendo and over 2,000 businesses are pursuing refunds from the US government after the Supreme Court declared import levies imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act as exceeding presidential authority, sparking a legal and economic showdown. Nintendo has joined a wave of companies seeking repayment from the US government…
The United States is weighing targeted waivers on Russian crude exports to help alleviate global supply disruptions and curb soaring prices amid escalating Middle East tensions, raising questions over the future of sanctions policy. The United States is weighing a loosening of restrictions on Russian…
