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We’ve been a pivotal link between buyers and suppliers for nearly 30 years, which gives us the data and perspective to offer unique insights into supply chains and the topics that shape them. Here you’ll find our take on today’s key issues.

Energy Supplier Risk Management Has Changed. Has Your Qualification Process?

Energy Supplier Risk Management Has Changed. Has Your Qualification Process?

The key changes in energy supply chain risk management and…

Five Minutes With Dean Van Leeuwen: The Grey Elephant in Supply Chains

Five Minutes With Dean Van Leeuwen: The Grey Elephant in Supply Chains

Dean van Leeuwen is a futurist, author and co-founder of…

Five Emerging Trends in Supplier Risk Energy Leaders Should be Watching

Five Emerging Trends in Supplier Risk Energy Leaders Should be Watching

Supplier Risk is changing - there are emerging Trends energy leaders should be watching. Discover what our analysis of over 10,000 suppliers can teach us about supplier risk management across Global Energy supply chains.

The Draft 2026 W-9: What It Means for Supplier Tax Data Management

The Draft 2026 W-9: What It Means for Supplier Tax Data Management

The IRS has released a draft of a revised Form…

The Contractor You Approved Six Months Ago May Not Be the Contractor You Have Today

The Contractor You Approved Six Months Ago May Not Be the Contractor You Have Today

Data centers are being built at a pace few industries…

AI-Enabled Supply Chain Risk Management: Why Outsourcing Often Wins

AI-Enabled Supply Chain Risk Management: Why Outsourcing Often Wins

Supply chains are more complex, more regulated, and more exposed…

The Hidden Cost of Poor Contractor Visibility in Data Center Growth

The Hidden Cost of Poor Contractor Visibility in Data Center Growth

Why contractor visibility matters, and what it costs when organizations…

Reducing the cost and complexity of supply chain risk management through a network model

Reducing the cost and complexity of supply chain risk management through a network model

Supply chain due diligence, non financial reporting, and compliance are…

Posidonia 2026: What the Maritime Industry is Talking About

Posidonia 2026: What the Maritime Industry is Talking About

Conversations from Posidonia – we review one of the largest…

How Canadian Rail Operators Can Reduce Contractor Risk in Procurement

How Canadian Rail Operators Can Reduce Contractor Risk in Procurement

Canadian rail procurement teams face increasing pressure to reduce contractor…

Achilles joins the Smart Maritime Network to strengthen maritime supply chain collaboration.

Achilles joins the Smart Maritime Network to strengthen maritime supply chain collaboration.

Find out the importance behind Achilles new membership in the Smart Maritime Network and how Achilles it set to help shape the future of the global shipping industry.

Wind Europe 2026 Madrid: Strengthening supplier readiness

Wind Europe 2026 Madrid: Strengthening supplier readiness

The European wind sector is entering a new phase of…