Manuel Villar no longer Philippines’ richest after losing billions on revaluation of land linked to Manila estate and casino project Summary Business tycoon Manuel Villar has dropped from the top of the Philippines rich list after a dramatic revaluation dispute over 366 hectares of land held by Villar Land (formerly Golden MV Holdings). The company […]
Could Artificial Expert Intelligence Fix Pharma’s Supply Chain Gaps? Summary Legacy automation and broad AI approaches struggle to manage the complexity, regulation and patient-critical risks in pharmaceutical supply networks. The article argues for Artificial Expert Intelligence (AExI): domain-trained, agent-based systems that act as specialised digital experts for narrow supply-chain tasks (for example, EPCIS validation, temperature-excursion […]
How Manufacturers Should Prepare Their Supply Chains for New FDA Regulations Summary The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the FDA have moved to ban petroleum-based synthetic dyes in food, triggering a chain of supply, production and commercial questions for food manufacturers and other makers of regulated products. This article argues manufacturers need […]
Nine Supply Chain Trends That Will Shape 2026 Article Date: 19 November 2025 Article URL: https://www.supplychain247.com/article/supply-chain-trends-2026-mhi-report Article Image: Summary MHI’s 2026 trends report signals a shift from reactive problem-solving to proactive preparation across supply chains. Based on input from MHI’s Board of Governors and Roundtable, the report highlights nine priorities: closing the talent gap, embedding […]
High-profile Myanmar military raid nets over 300 at Thai-border scam centre Summary Myanmar’s military carried out a high-profile operation on 18 November at the Shwe Kokko complex near the Thai border, detaining 346 foreign nationals and seizing almost 10,000 mobile phones allegedly used for online gambling and fraud. State media framed the raid as part […]
Data shows a spike in military aircraft accidents in 2024. This year doesn’t look any better Summary Internal Pentagon figures released to Congress and reviewed by the AP show a sharp increase in the most serious military aviation accidents (Class A) in 2024. The overall rate of severe accidents per 100,000 flight hours rose about […]
Evoke Faces Fresh Scrutiny in Austria as CEO Named in Private Criminal Complaint Summary Evoke plc and CEO Per Widerström have been named in a private criminal complaint filed with the Vienna Public Prosecutor’s Office on 13 November. The complainant, an Austrian physician, alleges that Evoke and several Malta-licenced brands operating under its umbrella offered […]
Google DeepMind Hires Former CTO of Boston Dynamics as the Company Pushes Deeper Into Robotics Summary Google DeepMind has hired Aaron Saunders, the former CTO of Boston Dynamics, as VP of hardware engineering as it accelerates its push into physical robotics. CEO Demis Hassabis envisions DeepMind’s Gemini model becoming a kind of “operating system” for […]
The US Needs an Open Source AI Intervention to Beat China Summary WIRED’s Will Knight argues that while US companies have led AI development since 2022, the country is slipping when it comes to open-weight, open-source models — the kinds of models you can download, run locally, and adapt. Experts warn that heavy reliance on […]
The Biggest AI Companies Met to Find a Better Path for Chatbot Companions Summary Representatives from Anthropic, Apple, Google, OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft gathered at Stanford for an eight‑hour closed‑door workshop to discuss guidelines for using chatbots as companions and in roleplay scenarios. The session focused on how interactions with conversational AI can stray from […]
