Tag: Procurement

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Transnet’s Digital Procurement Platform Receives Prestigious Business School Recognition

Transnet has been honored with the Gordon Institute of Business Science Logistics Achiever Gold Award for its groundbreaking e-Tender solution. The digital platform has reportedly revolutionized procurement processes while driving significant cost savings and operational improvements across the state-owned enterprise’s supply chain operations.

Digital Transformation in Public Procurement Recognized

State-owned enterprise Transnet has received the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) Logistics Achiever Gold Award for its innovative e-Tender procurement platform, according to reports from the recent awards ceremony. The recognition, presented at the GIBS Business School in Johannesburg, highlights what analysts suggest is a new national benchmark for public sector procurement systems.

by Alvarez Jordan
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AI Agent Failure: Why Our First Launch Flopped and What We’re Doing Differently

When we launched our generative AI agent for food supply chains, we expected immediate adoption. Instead, we discovered that technical superiority means nothing without understanding customer workflows. Here’s our failure story and redemption plan.

When we launched Helios AI‘s revolutionary generative AI agent in September 2023, we were convinced we had built the future of food industry risk assessment. Named Cersi, our artificial intelligence assistant was designed to help food companies navigate climate threats to their agricultural supply chains—a solution we believed was years ahead of competitors. Despite the deafening hype around generative artificial intelligence following ChatGPT’s explosion, our technically superior product met with market indifference. The painful lesson? In industries built on legacy systems and personal relationships, technical innovation alone cannot drive adoption.

Why Our First AI Agent Failed Miserably

by Alvarez Jordan