Unilever and Accenture Scale AI Digital Twins Across Global Factories to Boost Efficiency and Quality
Unilever is expanding the use of AI-enabled digital twins across its manufacturing network through a multi-year partnership with Accenture, aiming to improve product quality, reduce waste, increase capacity and give factory teams new tools to make faster, data-driven decisions.
Risk Ledger : Supply Chain Cyber Risk Reaches Critical Point as Businesses Struggle to Map Supplier Exposure
New research from Risk Ledger reveals that 82% of UK organisations experienced a supply chain cyber incident in the past year, while most businesses still require nearly two days to understand their supplier exposure during an attack—highlighting growing concerns around supply chain visibility, resilience and third-party risk management.
Tesco Drives Agri-Tech Resilience
Tesco is urging industry collaboration to scale low-carbon fertilisers and agri-tech innovation, aiming to strengthen UK food security, support farmers’ resilience, and reduce emissions amid supply chain volatility.
Cheers to Flexibility : How Food and Beverage Manufacturers Profit from Stabilising the Grid
For UK manufacturers – and particularly the food and beverage sector – grid flexibility programmes offer a new revenue stream and help avoid production losses through power failures. We explore the opportunity and discuss what participation means for one major producer – Carlsberg Britvic.
Bentley Begins Operations at New Paint Shop
Launching its new ‘Spectraflair’ paint finish, Bentley has announced its state-of-the-art Paint Shop as part of a strategic development plan for future product offerings
“Energy Intelligence Becomes Essential”: Schneider Electric CEO Olivier Blum on Sustainable AI Data Centre Foxconn Deal
Schneider Electric and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) are joining forces to develop next-generation AI data centre infrastructure, combining energy management, power and cooling expertise with advanced AI computing platforms to help organisations deploy AI capacity faster, more efficiently and at greater scale.
“A New Divide”: PwC Global Chief AI Officer Joe Atkinson on PwC’s 2026 Global AI Jobs Barometer Report
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the global workforce in ways that extend far beyond automation, according to PwC's 2026 Global AI Jobs Barometer, which analysed more than one billion job advertisements across 27 countries and territories.
OPINION: “The Re-Opening of the Strait of Hormuz Eases Supply Chain Pressure but Doesn’t Cure It” Tammy Kulesa, Blue Yonder
With the US and Iran agreeing a framework for a deal to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Tammy Kulesa, Senior Director, Supply Chain Execution at Blue Yonder, writes that backlogs, high freight costs, and refinery disruptions mean a return to normal operations will be slow and uneven.
Sainsbury’s Fresh Fruit and Fibre-Focus for Families
Sainsbury’s is on a mission to revolutionise meals by making healthy eating straightforward and affordable, with innovative food initiatives and exciting summer deals that put nutrition front and centre.
Ivalua Transforms Procurement with IVA Studio
Ivalua has unveiled IVA Studio, a new AI-powered platform that enables procurement teams to automate and execute Source-to-Pay processes through a single intelligent virtual agent, delivering value from day one.
Henkel Invests 45 Million Euros in Warehouse Expansion
Opening its state-of-the-art high-bay warehouse expansion for consumer goods, Henkel is strengthening its European supply chain and improving distribution across the continent at its newest Düsseldorf site.
Verdantix Launches Atlas to Help Sustainability Leaders Reduce Technology Investment Risk
Verdantix has unveiled Atlas, a technology discovery and evaluation platform that combines analyst research, proprietary market data and vendor intelligence to support software and services selection across sustainability, industrial operations, risk management and built environment sectors.
