According to CIO Review, companies that digitize their supply chain see huge cost savings. Digitized supply chains can see a 50% reduction in costs.

Alibaba Cloud, which is making good progress in extending its services outside of China in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region and adding new capabilities, is poised to close the gap with rivals, says leading data and analytics company GlobalData.

According to the New Times, until now implementing a system that would make it possible to trace minerals is cost prohibitive, but blockchain could change that.