#supply-chain

#supply-chain

For Walmart, it's a priority to quickly stock store shelves with the freshest food possible. In doing so, the nation's largest grocery-store retailer can prevent food waste from eating into its profits, even in an industry known for thin margins. Yasemin Gunay, a managing director at Boston Consulting Group, told Business Insider that retailers and restaurants have historically planned their inventory levels based on their internal data, mostly based on past sales trend data.

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That's because most top AI companies - like OpenAI, Microsoft, Anthropic, or Meta - operate in a primarily virtual space, processing unfathomably complex rivers of information into more digital information. AI-adjacent companies like Nvidia, Intel, and Oracle focus on providing the physical infrastructure upon which the AI machines function. Then there are the companies that are using digital intelligence to deliver physical results through automation and augmented experiences, like Tesla and Amazon.

Tens of thousands of employees who work in the Jaguar Land Rover supply chain are at risk of being laid off after the car manufacturer paused its production line following a cyber attack. The UK manufacturer was forced to shut down its systems on August 31 after becoming aware of a cyberattack that affected its global operations. On Thursday, JLR said it expected disruption to continue until next week, with factory workers told they will not return until Wednesday at the earliest.

Since launching Flexport in 2013, Ryan Petersen has helped more than 10,000 companies move over $175 billion worth of goods worldwide, raising $2.3 billion and redefining how supply chains are managed in a volatile, tech-driven era. After stepping down as CEO in 2022, he returned less than a year later to steady the ship and chart its next phase of growth.

The US tariff exemption for package shipments valued under $800 officially ended on Friday, raising costs and disrupting supply chain models for a range of businesses, with Trump administration officials saying the change would be permanent. There is now a six-month transition period under which postal service shippers can opt to pay a flat duty of $80-$200 per package depending on the country of origin, the officials added.

China introduced restrictions on its rare earth exports in April, two days after Trump announced retaliatory tariffs. In July, India's best-selling electric scooter, Bajaj Auto's Chetak, hit a big speed bump. A shortage of rare-earth metals had hit production plans, and the company was forced to almost halve its output. Bajaj manufactured just 10,824 units of the Chetak in July, as compared with 20,384 units during the same period last year, due to rare earth shortages.

Instead of sending unsolicited phishing emails, attackers initiate contact through a company's public 'Contact Us' form, tricking employees into starting the conversation. What follows are weeks of professional, credible exchanges, often sealed with fake NDAs, before delivering a weaponized ZIP file carrying MixShell, a stealthy in-memory malware.

When we're leading with swagger in our merchandising authority, when we have swagger in our marketing, and we're setting the trend for retail, those are some of the moments I think that Target has been at its highest in my 20 years, he said.

Chipotle's food safety crisis in 2015 demonstrated that the commitment to quality can create vulnerabilities in maintaining high-integrity supply chains at scale.

The Autonomy Institute thinktank warned that climate-induced price increases for everyday food items could push almost 1 million people into poverty without urgent government intervention.

The number of people in the UK using drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro has soared to well above a million, with most patients paying to get them privately.

The Pentagon's procurement software inadequately tracks component origins, leading to a lack of visibility about where critical system parts are sourced. Auditors express concerns.

Mortgage rates are still nearly 7% and home prices are 55% higher than they were at the beginning of 2020, according to the Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index.

When we talk to some of these big players in a critical infrastructure, the first call, 10 minutes in, like 99% of the time we're gonna get that question," Zhang told TechCrunch. "And they want real assurances, right?"

Manufacturers are harnessing AI to transform digital customer experiences, moving from generic interfaces to highly personalized interactions that cater to the urgent needs of procurement managers and other stakeholders.

Everything about the way we make and consume food—from the food packaging, to the placement of products in the grocery store aisles, to the background music that plays as you browse—is the result of a carefully designed system.

Poundland is struggling to maintain stock levels as suppliers like Nestlé and Procter & Gamble have tightened credit terms due to concerns over financial stability.

Dan Priestley, Tesla’s Director of Semi Engineering, stated that the company is working with suppliers like thyssenkrupp to implement the Semi into their operations for cost savings and reliability.