This Week's Top Five Stories in Supply Chain
What Deliveroo & Just Eat Acquisitions Mean for Ecommerce
Two major ecommerce moves are changing the landscape of online food and quick commerce.
Prosus has declared its offer for Just Eat Takeaway (JET), while DoorDash has completed its acquisition of Deliveroo.
These transactions are reshaping global competition, deepening technological ambitions and perhaps even triggering fresh regulatory scrutiny across Europe, North America and beyond.
Deliveroo's app will continue to operate, CEO Tony Xu explained in a statement.
"The Deliveroo app and products you know and love aren’t going anywhere," he adds.
Tony explained the intent is to better serve consumers, merchants and riders with greater impact and at a global scale.
Blockchain in Supply Chains: Trust Beyond the Hype
For those not steeped in technology, blockchain sounds abstract - part philosophy, part database, part network, part bookkeeping tool.
When it comes to supply chains, it all boils down to something very practical: trust.
The same properties that make blockchain useful in finance - immutability, decentralisation and consensus - have a significant relevance in supply chains.
Whether verifying where a product came from, confirming payment for shipments or preventing counterfeits, blockchain’s potential stretches across the global flow of goods.
USAR Deal Gives US a Rare Earth Supply Chain to Rival China
US efforts to secure its rare earth metal supply advance with USA Rare Earth’s acquisition of Less Common Metals (LCM).
The move is key to an independent domestic supply chain, as LCM is the only scaled metal and alloy producer of its kind outside China.
The deal accelerates USA Rare Earth’s (USAR) mine-to-magnet strategy, a plan for a self-sufficient process for producing essential magnetic components. This comes amid rising global pressure to secure reliable rare earth metals, which are vital for high-tech industries like AI and defence.
Moody's: How to Reduce Exposure to Supply Chain Cyber Risks
The recent cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has disrupted production and underscored the growing threat of cyber risk within global supply chains.
Cyber vulnerabilities in supply chains are often underestimated. A supplier breach can expose sensitive data, disrupt operations or even allow attackers to access internal systems. These risks are especially acute when third-party vendors are not subject to the same cybersecurity standards or oversight as internal teams.
Here, Andrei Quinn-Barabanov, Supply Chain Industry Practice Lead at Moody's, explains how organisations can reduce their exposure to cyber threats through practical, data-driven strategies.
Former EU Leaders Sign Joint Plea Ahead of EU Omnibus Vote
Former EU leaders have come together to sign a letter in a joint plea to the EU.
Ahead of the vote at the European Parliament, where current leaders will vote on the Omnibus package, former leaders are urging the EU to uphold the current sustainability rules.
The Omnibus package, set to increase speed and competitiveness of EU businesses, will write off vital sustainability regulations.
