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A.I. Comes to Procurement. Are Human Sourcing Professionals Doomed?

November 13, 2017

Artificial intelligence, for decades little more than a dream in the minds of behavioral scientists, is insinuating itself into every aspect of supply-chain management today. The latest incursion is taking place in the realm of sourcing.

Why Sears Ended a Century-Old Partnership With Whirlpool

November 9, 2017

The Washington Post

Shoppers will no longer be able to buy Whirlpool, KitchenAid or Maytag appliances at Sears, following a pricing dispute that has ended a 101-year relationship between the department store chain and the country’s largest appliance maker.

Clean Air Act Violations Lead to Fines, $300M in Improvements Spending for ExxonMobil

November 9, 2017

Environmental Leader

Violations of the federal Clean Air Act can lead to hefty fines, and even heftier spending on improvement plans, as ExxonMobil was reminded last week: The company settled with the Department of Justice, the EPA and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for a civil fine of $2.5m and an agreement to spend approximately $300m on air pollution improvements.

Latest Use for Bitcoin Technology: Tracing Turkeys From Farm to Table

November 3, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

Agricultural conglomerate Cargill Inc. aims to harness the technology underlying bitcoin to let shoppers trace their turkeys from the store to the farm that raised them.

Book Publishers Go Back to Basics

October 30, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

Book publishers are giving an advance review of the industry's future, and it looks a lot like the past.

Rabobank, UN Launch $1Bn Fund to Boost Sustainable Farming

October 30, 2017

The New York Times

Rabobank NA is launching with the United Nations $1bn in financing for farmers to transition to more sustainable practices as food companies and consumers are demanding more supply chain transparency.

Ashley Furniture Focuses on Inventory Optimization

October 25, 2017

Maegan Huber, Supervisor/Supply Chain Planning, Ashley Furniture Industries

Robots Are Coming for These Wall Street Jobs

October 23, 2017

Bloomberg

Traders, prepare to adapt. Wall Street is entering a new era. The fraternity of bond jockeys, derivatives mavens and stock pickers who've long personified the industry are giving way to algorithms, and soon, artificial intelligence.

As Cancer Tears Through Africa, Drug Makers Draw Up a Battle Plan

October 18, 2017

The New York Times

In a remarkable initiative modeled on the campaign against AIDS in Africa, two major pharmaceutical companies, working with the American Cancer Society, will steeply discount the prices of cancer medicines in Africa.

Diamond Dealers Cling to the Old Days

October 17, 2017

Bloomberg

Ashit Mehta was stunned. Without notice, the representatives of Dutch bank ABN Amro marched into the offices of his global diamond empire, confiscated $150m of rocks, locked them in a vault and left with the key.