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The current crisis in Europe has led to increasing energy insecurity and shortages of raw materials, which are creating severe pharmaceutical manufacturing supply line disruptions. In some cases, supplier lead times have doubled, prices are no longer certain, and orders are subject to cancellations or delays.  

Sphera, the global provider of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance and risk management software, data and consulting services, has entered into an agreement to acquire riskmethods, a Munich, Germany-based software company specialising in supply chain risk management (SCRM).

CBX Software, the provider of extended product lifecycle management and global supply chain management solutions, has partnered with WRAP (Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production), an independent non-profit, focused on global social compliance certification, to integrate certification data directly into CBX Cloud.

Research from Ivalua, the global spend management cloud provider, has revealed that almost two-thirds (64%) of surveyed procurement decision-makers say their organisations ensuring supply continuity has increased in priority since the pandemic, with another two-thirds stating that they now collaborate more closely with suppliers to increase supply chain resilience.

Up-and-coming regulations imposed by the EU signify a need for certified, accurate emissions calculations.

To get ahead of the curve and build on existing work to measure emissions, Girteka and IKEA Supply Chain Operations participated in a trial using Transporeon’s Carbon Visibility tool to test how data quality would impact overall emissions reporting.

Supply chain visibility company FourKites has announced a major platform upgrade that enables organisations to more easily leverage critical supply chain visibility data across their enterprise.

Companies worldwide are much more positive about supply chain and labour shortages in Q2 2022 than they were a year ago, according to research by GlobalData.

Today’s manufacturing sector is being shaped by large scale economic forces, technological change, the energy crisis, disrupted supply chains and the after-effects of the pandemic.

While digital, connected, and smart systems are on the rise, manufacturers face significant challenges with skills shortages, increasing demand for sustainable products, the pressing need for automation and aging legacy systems.

Real-time supply chain visibility platform FourKites has announced that its carrier data will be used to enhance 3T’s global digital transport platform.

Organisations worldwide are facing increasing regulatory pressure to provide greater traceability of their products. This pressure is two-fold, stemming from the need to protect consumer health and safety, and develop more transparent, future-proof supply chains.