Operations News & Insights
Career signals for operations professionals.
Original OperationsCareers articles first, followed by selected headlines across operations, AI, technology, finance, sales, manufacturing and supply chain.
It is not a generic news feed — it is for busy operations professionals who want useful context without scrolling through noise.
Newsletter
Your CV looks great. But does it sound like you?
Polished CVs can blend in. What published research suggests, plus a CV toolkit and generic-versus-specific examples for six operations roles.
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IT Ops
Anthropic's compute tab could top $1T as Q3 revenue nears $17B
Revised IPO filing warns 12x revenue growth is unlikely to continue
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Manufacturing
Max-severity bug in widely used OT programming tool exploited to deliver Linux malware
Your industrial IoT gateway isn't exposed to the internet, right? RIGHT?!
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IT Ops
These smart glasses promise to turn your silent mouth movements into text
Crazy person, or efficient employee? As always, it depends on what they're wearing
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AI & Ops Roles
Fast-casual restaurants continue to push AI investments
Starbucks, Wingstop and Chipotle are adding tech roles and introducing tools for better customer insights, forecasting and in-kitchen efficiencies.
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Newsletter
When operations works, nobody notices
A practical guide to getting invisible operations work into your year-end review, with a four-line formula, rewrites, a template and an AI prompt.
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AI & Ops Roles
AI could break legal systems by finding previously hidden loopholes
Turns out legislation may have bugs, too
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AI & Ops Roles
AI readiness remains scarce, blocking returns on investments
“The next phase of AI adoption will be defined less by access to models and more by the quality of the information those models can use,” said Dun & Bradstreet’s Gary...
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AI & Ops Roles
Manufacturing grows for 10 straight months; erratic prices dim sentiment
“The AI-capex boom probably will continue to support output in tech-related sectors, but a broader manufacturing boom looks unlikely,” a Pantheon Macroeconomics economist said.
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AI & Ops Roles
Norwegian Cruise Line taps newly-hired strategy chief for CFO
After eight years as CFO, Mark A. Kempa will hand the finance reins to former American Airlines treasurer Meghan Montana.
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OC Article
The AI Skill Companies Are Missing Is One Operations Managers Already Have
88% of organisations use AI. Only 21% have redesigned any workflow around it. McKinsey data shows that gap is an operations skill — here is what to do with it.
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AI & Ops Roles
New Optro CFO targets sustainable AI growth
Two months in as Optro’s CFO, Tim Daniels is in the “go slow to go fast” stage, he said — seeking to establish rapport and a solid growth plan.
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AI & Ops Roles
Grant Thornton Advisors closes $5B CBIZ deal
The combination creates the fifth-largest U.S. provider of professional services, tax and advisory offerings, Grant Thornton Advisors said.
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Supply Chain
Cops bust botnet of 1.3M infected Android TV boxes
Videostrong accused of shipping devices with a backdoor baked in
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IT Ops
Marvell wants to be a copper topper, bets $115B on photonics leader to push optical networking
IP house believes optics demand is going to explode as Nvidia and others eye bigger systems
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OC Article
AI Agents in Operations: A Practical Field Guide
What AI agents actually are, where they fit in operations work by function, and what to learn now — a practical guide without the hype
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AI & Ops Roles
Manufacturing expands for 10th straight month, but Iran war weighs heavily
Increasingly negative comments from respondents also cite price vitality and trade wars in the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index from the Institute for Supply Management.
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IT Ops
Oracle gobbles $20 billion borrowing limit a week after setting it
In the middle of a datacenter capex binge, vendor promises no more borrowing until the end of 2030
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IT Ops
Ericsson says it can detect, track drones using only mobile networks
ISAC technology adds detection ability to existing cell networks, enabling them to track low-flying small drones
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AI & Ops Roles
Deere calls back hundreds of Midwest workers ahead of labor talks
The company said it has called back roughly 1,000 people to work since 2024, marking a rebuild after a contract renewal collapsed in August with the United Auto Workers.
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AI & Ops Roles
The orchestration imperative: Balancing agentic AI with determinism
Artificial intelligence did not replace enterprise orchestration; it made it essential.
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AI & Ops Roles
Reshoring and foreign direct investment added 247K manufacturing jobs in 2025
The result “essentially matched” the previous year, per the Reshoring Initiative, which expects 25% growth in reshoring-related jobs in 2026.
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AI & Ops Roles
Norfolk Southern, Schneider National team to scale East Coast intermodal reach
The railroad’s potential merger with Union Pacific is “the icing on the cake” of the partnership, Schneider CEO Jim Filter said.
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AI & Ops Roles
Walmart commits $6B to up distribution center automation with Symbotic
The retailer will deploy Symbotic's technology at 25 regional facilities as it looks to improve speed and inventory replenishment.
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