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Is European manufacturing ready for a digital factory floor?
Digitalisation

Is European manufacturing ready for a digital factory floor?

Across Europe’s industrial heartlands, from the engineering clusters of Bavaria to the precision manufacturers of the English Midlands, a quiet revolution is under way. Artificial intelligence has transformed procurement – there is no question about it. But the pace of that transformation varies enormously from one shop floor to the next, and the gap between

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Only 8% of procurement teams have a defined AI roadmap
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Only 8% of procurement teams have a defined AI roadmap

ProcureAbility, a Jabil company, has announced findings from the ‘2026 State of Procurement Report’. The report, created in collaboration with ProcureCon, contains data from a survey of 100 senior procurement leaders across a diverse array of industries. This research reveals that procurement is increasingly viewed as a strategic business function expected to deliver value beyond

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AI in healthcare is no longer just a question of technology – it is a regulatory one
Digitalisation Industry Insights

AI in healthcare is no longer just a question of technology – it is a regulatory one

As AI transforms diagnostics and clinical decision-making, the frameworks governing its use are evolving fast. Here is what every medtech and digital health professional needs to understand right now. We have all seen the headlines: AI algorithms detecting cancer earlier than radiologists, identifying stroke patterns in seconds, flagging urgent cases before a clinician even opens

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The new rules of supply chain resilience
Digitalisation Supply Chain Management

The new rules of supply chain resilience

Disruption is permanent. Here’s how manufacturing leaders are building operations that hold. The old playbook is finished. For years, supply chain managers optimised for efficiency above all else, lean inventories, single-source suppliers, just-in-time delivery. It worked, until it didn’t. Tariff shocks, pandemic-era material shortages, and geopolitical realignments didn’t just stress those systems. They broke them.

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Semiconductors in the age of AI
Digitalisation Industry Insights

Semiconductors in the age of AI

In the age of artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors have become the defining infrastructure of global progress. Once regarded as discrete components, they are now the backbone of AI, electrification, and digital transformation. Their strategic importance is felt across every industry. For Europe, which is seeking to strengthen its technical sovereignty while remaining connected to global

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Embedded virtual card payments to simplify supplier spend
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Embedded virtual card payments to simplify supplier spend

JAGGAER has announced a new partnership with Conferma, a specialist in virtual payments, to simplify payments for long-tail spend. The partnership enables organisations to generate virtual cards within JAGGAER to pay vendors at the point of order and issue cards to employees for purchases and travel. This integration delivers a more connected procurement and payments

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Supply-chain-aware AI agents for Claude Code
Digitalisation Supply Chain Management

Supply chain-aware AI agents for Claude Code

JFrog, the creators of the JFrog Software Supply Chain Platform, unveiled its JFrog Platform plugin for Claude Code, in collaboration with Anthropic. Available immediately to all Claude Code users, the new plugin represents a significant milestone in bringing enterprise-grade software supply chain governance to one of the fastest-growing AI coding agent platforms in the world.

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Is AI the answer to electronics supply chain collaboration
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Is AI the answer to electronics supply chain collaboration?

Products are becoming smarter, more connected, and more complex. But supply chains are stuck in silos, with isolated data, and in tools that aren’t up to today’s demands. At PCIM 2026, Inga Schwarz, OEM Growth Lead at Luminovo, delved into AI’s role for optimised collaboration in the electronics supply chain, and how LLMs need to

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The rise of the digital-first distributor
Digitalisation

The rise of the digital-first distributor

Something has shifted in electronic component distribution over the past few years, and it’s not simply that more transactions happen online. Buyer expectations themselves are changing. Engineers and procurement teams increasingly expect the speed, transparency, and accessibility of modern digital commerce alongside the expertise and reliability distributors have always provided. For distributors, this isn’t about

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An AI assistant that helps companies buy smarter
Digitalisation

An AI assistant that helps you buy smarter

JAGGAER officially launched JAI – a new AI-powered assistant designed to make the daily work of buying goods and services faster, smarter, and less frustrating. Early results from customers have seen an expected 50% reduction in support tickets in year-one and time savings across more than 40 different workflows. And in some cases, adoption growing

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