This Week's Top Five Stories in Supply Chain

High-Protein Yoghurt: Danone’s Supply Chain Answer to GLP-1

Danone's full-year results could signal a fundamental shift in the dairy industry.

While the broader yogurt portfolio was described as a "work in progress," the company's high-protein segment (encompassing Oikos, GetPRO and HiPRO) maintained double-digit growth throughout 2025.

CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique says that North American growth was almost entirely sustained by the "winning momentum" of high-protein products, which helped offset softer performance across other dairy categories.

Behind these headline figures, however, lies a rather more complex supply chain story. 

WEF: Is Your Supply Chain Hiding Financial Crime?

The global trade system has emerged as a critical vulnerability in the fight against financial crime, according to a new World Economic Forum report.

As geopolitical tensions reshape international commerce, the report finds that criminals are leveraging the resulting instability to channel illicit funds through legitimate-looking transactions at unprecedented scale.

The report, written by Hassan Zebdeh, Financial Crime Advisor at Eastnets, examines how "seismic shifts" in trade policy – including volatile tariff regimes and rapidly restructured supply chains – have generated a "chaotic, interconnected web" that Hassan argues criminal networks are actively exploiting.

The analysis suggests that financial institutions are struggling to adapt their compliance frameworks to match the pace of geopolitical change.

Q&A: Evri's CTO on Reimagining the Courier Experience

The final mile has always been the hardest part of the delivery journey – but it's also arguably the most important.

As online shopping expectations continue to rise, the pressure on couriers to deliver not just parcels, but positive brand experiences, has never been greater. 

Here, Marcus Hunter, Chief Technology Officer at Evri, discusses how one of the UK’s leading dedicated parcel delivery companies is reimagining the courier experience to drive excellence.

The Strategic Role of Automation at Walmart

Walmart's automation drive is setting a new benchmark for retail supply chain transformation, one that could redefine operational standards across the sector and force competitors to accelerate their own technology investments or risk falling behind.

The retailer's capital investments in supply chain automation are approaching their peak over the next two years, according to President and CEO, John Furner, who revealed the timeline during the company's earnings call.

The scale of the current push could signal a tipping point for the wider industry.

How NVIDIA & India are Automating Future Supply Chains

India's manufacturing sector is experiencing a significant transformation as more than US$100 bn flows into new production capacity, with NVIDIA positioned as a key technology partner in creating software-defined facilities.

The company is supporting the IndiaAI Mission through tools including NVIDIA Omniverse and NVIDIA CUDA-X, which enable automation and design acceleration across the country's emerging industrial landscape.

At the AI Impact Summit 2026, NVIDIA outlined its role in connecting operational data and integrating physical AI into India's next generation of factories.