OpenAI’s new Swarm software unleashes teams of artificial intelligence (AI) agents to tackle complex tasks, potentially reshaping business automation across industries. It’s an open-source project that allows specialized AI helpers to hand off tasks to each other. “The Swarm Framework can revolutionize supply chain management...
Business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) marketing may look like a word salad at first glance. But that word salad could be key to unlocking healthy growth for companies of all shapes and sizes, and it’s making waves for brands that want to reach the end customer without cutting...
Former Amazon and Flexport executive Dave Clark is launching a supply chain software startup. Auger, the focus of a Tuesday (Oct. 8) CNBC report, aims to help businesses and government agencies meld what Clark calls the various “Franken-software” managing their supply chains into one platform....
Supply chains underpin the global economy, and inefficiencies in payment processes have emerged as a barrier to growth, resilience and cost control. On Thursday (Oct. 3), HSBC launched an embedded finance venture with Tradeshift, a cloud-based, global trade network for purchase-to-pay automation, supply chain payments, marketplaces,...
September 24, 2024
Choice can be both a necessity and a paralyzing paradox. Particularly in the world of business payments, finding the optimal mix of payment methods has become a critical challenge for companies seeking to maximize operational efficiency, reduce costs and improve cash flow management. After all, no two businesses are the same — and no two […]
August 19, 2024
The transportation industry is a high-speed world of logistics and delivery, where efficiency and speed are paramount. Yet, the methods by which many transportation businesses conduct financial transactions are not...
July 03, 2024
What gets measured ultimately gets improved. And when it comes to supply chain management, that old adage couldn’t be truer. Fortunately for businesses, despite ongoing supply chain disruptions and operational...
June 20, 2024
Corporate heads of product drive profitability by setting strategic goals and supporting innovation across an organization’s entire product line. Unlike CFOs and corporate heads of payments, product executives tend to...
October 08, 2024
Former Amazon and Flexport executive Dave Clark is launching a supply chain software startup. Auger, the focus of a Tuesday (Oct. 8) CNBC report, aims to help businesses and government agencies meld what Clark calls the various “Franken-software” managing their supply chains into one platform. “At Flexport, I got to see all of these companies […]
September 18, 2024
Amazon has added a fully managed option to the lineup of supply chain services it offers to sellers. The new fully managed Supply Chain by Amazon solution will be available to all U.S....
September 16, 2024
Rappi reportedly expects to be in a position to launch an initial public offering (IPO) within the next 12 months. The Colombia-based startup, which offers delivery services in nine countries...
August 06, 2024
Citi and International Finance Corp. (IFC), a global development institution that is a member of the World Bank Group, have partnered on a $2 billion sustainable supply chain finance program...
