END-TO-END SOLUTIONS MONTH: Designing flexible end-to-end solutions for public sector and critical infrastructure supply chains
For public sector organisations and critical infrastructure operators, supply chain resilience is a strategic priority. From healthcare and utilities to transport and defence, recent years have exposed how vulnerable essential services can be to geopolitical disruption, labour shortages, inflation and supplier instability. Attention is shifting from efficiency-led models to flexible, end-to-end supply chain solutions designed to adapt under […]
The List: How Iran managed access to the Strait of Hormuz and where that system broke down
By Arsenio Longo, HUAX & Saleem Khan, Pole Star Global On the morning of April 18, 2026, the master of a crude oil tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz broadcast a transmission that remains the clearest summary of what our observation window had documented over the preceding seven days: “You gave us clearance. You gave […]
Global Operational Consistency – for value, for control and for safety
For multi-national organisations, the concept of autonomous, country- or region-specific supply chains is becoming dated and inefficient. Yet while the centralisation of supply chain operations delivers tangible value, the lack of automation within loading and unloading is constraining the creation of a globally consistent operating model, explains Wouter Satijn, Chief Revenue Officer, Joloda Hydraroll… Global Business Services As global organisations drive continuous […]