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West Australian
09-05-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
West Australian first-round pick Cody Angove to debut for GWS Giants in clash with Geelong Cats
Another day, another West Australian debutant! Cody Angove will play his first game for Greater Western Sydney against Geelong on Sunday, the fourth WA draftee to earn an AFL debut already this season. The Giants confirmed the exciting news on Friday, with fellow WA product Stephen Coniglio making the announcement. Coniglio lined up the first-year players at training and asked each to take a set shot, with Angove the last in line. When his turn came, the former captain declared: 'If you can kick it, you're going to play your first game this week.' The 18-year-old slotted the high-pressure goal and was swarmed by teammates. 'Code's since your first day in the club, you've looked like an AFL player,' Coniglio said. 'You've done more than enough work to deserve your opportunity, just go and enjoy it, mate.' Angove was an unexpected first-round pick in last year's draft, taken with pick 24. He revealed to The West Australian at the time that he had 'cried for 10-15 minutes' after hearing his name called out. 'It was probably the most unexpected thing that's ever happened to me in my life,' Angove said back in November. 'I didn't even have my mum here because I didn't think (I would go). I watched it, not for me, but to watch my friends go. To watch Bo (Allan) and hopefully Hamish (Davis). 'It was unbelievable. I think I cried for 10-15 minutes. Just absolute shock, excitement and joy. Just so many emotions.' Since arriving in New South Wales, the former forward has impressed as a dashing winger with his mix of speed and endurance, including in the club's pre-season practice match. Angove has pushed hard for an AFL debut since and finally earned his opportunity following a brilliant 18-disposal, three-goal performance in the VFL last week, as well as injuries to WA duo Darcy Jones (knee) and Toby Bedford (eye). Jones is expected to be a test for the club's clash with Fremantle next week. Angove's inclusion means half of the state's eight players taken in the national draft last year have earned a senior call-up, following Hamish Davis (West Coast), Bo Allan (West Coast) and Hugh Boxshall (St Kilda). Small forward Will Hayes (Collingwood) continues to push his case for a debut in a stacked Pies line-up, named as an emergency in the win over the Dockers on Thursday night.
Techday NZ
06-05-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
Blue Yonder unveils AI agents to transform supply chain speed
Blue Yonder has announced new cognitive solutions and artificial intelligence agents designed to enhance speed and precision in supply chain management. During the opening session of its annual customer conference, Blue Yonder Chief Executive Officer Duncan Angove presented the company's new suite of Cognitive Solutions and five central AI agents that support businesses in making faster and more accurate decisions throughout the supply chain. Angove stated, "We are excited to launch our Blue Yonder AI agents that will revolutionize supply chain management. Built on over two decades of AI and machine learning expertise, these AI agents empower businesses to act with machine speed and precision, even in complex situations." "These new agents are groundbreaking in their approach, and will transform some of the key functions in the supply chain. And they've been thoughtfully developed to help reduce waste and costs. They optimize the entire supply chain and enable faster, smarter decision-making. Together with our customers, we are setting new benchmarks for addressing supply chain challenges to move beyond boundaries." Blue Yonder's Cognitive Solutions integrate AI technology to allow businesses to autonomously coordinate tasks, decisions and workflows across their entire supply chain. These solutions are constructed on the Blue Yonder Platform and Snowflake AI Data Cloud and leverage a multi-enterprise network for end-to-end interoperability and unified decision processes. The company emphasises reimagined user experiences through predictive, generative, and agentic AI capabilities. The Cognitive Solutions aim to help supply chain teams manage routine tasks more rapidly, analyse complex data efficiently, and move quickly from data insights to business actions. Additional details regarding these solutions are expected in further announcements. The release also introduced five new AI agents developed through collaboration with Blue Yonder's customers. These agents are engineered to give businesses the ability to detect, analyse, decide, and act at machine speed, with continuous optimisation supported by agentic AI within Blue Yonder's supply chain planning and execution applications. Blue Yonder outlined key benefits of its AI agents, stating they enable increased impact and return on investment. The company reported that the agents transform management of operations by empowering more informed and timely decisions; recommendations made by AI agents can be swiftly automated with human approval. In addition, AI agents offer real-time alerts and a mobile user experience, allowing teams to take prompt action and prioritise critical developments. The adaptive user experience allows team members to use the AI agents seamlessly whether they are in an office or onsite. The system also enables advanced visualisation of supply chain data, supporting both granular and macro-level analysis for more efficient and effective supply chain management. Among the five new agents are the Inventory Ops Agent, which assists planners in matching supply with demand, rapidly diagnosing root causes of mismatches, and recommending corrective measures such as alternate sourcing or demand swaps. The Shelf Ops Agent permits users to quickly edit planograms using natural language instructions, while the Logistics Ops Agent monitors logistics activities, recommends route changes, and identifies ways to optimise costs, deliveries, and emissions. The Warehouse Ops Agent is designed to support warehouse leaders by dynamically allocating labour, optimising layouts, identifying risks early to prevent delays, and improving service reliability. The Network Ops Agent allows businesses to monitor multi-enterprise supply chain operations, manage disruptions proactively, and automate tasks such as order confirmations and predictive updates. Angove commented, "With more than 25 billion AI predictions being delivered every day, Blue Yonder is taking supply chains to the next level with our AI agents." "The five new AI agents empower our customers to see, analyze, decide, and act, enabling them to respond swiftly to disruptions, minimize delays, uncover growth opportunities within their supply chain, and increase the return on investment in their solutions." "At ICON 2025, we also demonstrated our new Tariffs Agent to help customers quickly find solutions and alternatives to minimize the negative impact on their organizations. All of these AI agents are transforming the way businesses manage their supply chains." Blue Yonder has also introduced an Agent Activation Advisory service to support customers in deploying AI agents within six to twelve weeks. This initiative includes collaboration with Microsoft's AI Co-Innovation Labs to address complex supply chain challenges. A partnership with Microsoft's Azure AI Foundry will offer an expanded platform for developing and managing AI applications and agents, featuring a suite of tools for secure data integration, model customisation, and governance. The company further announced collaboration with Snowflake and RelationalAI to enhance its Cognitive Solutions using a supply chain knowledge graph. The knowledge graph records the structure of business relationships and processes in an accessible format, allowing for more intuitive engagement with data and improved reasoning by AI agents across the Blue Yonder Network ecosystem. This knowledge graph aims to help customers navigate supply chain uncertainty, rapidly adjust to changes like sourcing new suppliers, and shift towards insight-driven management. The system integrates the strengths of Blue Yonder's platform with the Snowflake AI Data Cloud and RelationalAI's technology.
Business Wire
05-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Blue Yonder Transforms Supply Chain Management With New AI Agents and Supply Chain Knowledge Graph at ICON 2025
NASHVILLE, Tenn. & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Blue Yonder, the world leader in end-to-end digital supply chain transformation, launched several new solutions and showcased its vision to build the supply chain of the future at ICON 2025, its annual customer conference, taking place in Nashville, Tennessee. During the opening keynote session, Blue Yonder's CEO Duncan Angove launched the company's new Cognitive Solutions and five critical artificial intelligence (AI) agents that enhance speed and agility in supply chain management. "With more than 25 billion AI predictions being delivered every day, Blue Yonder is taking supply chains to the next level with our AI agents," said Duncan Angove, CEO, Blue Yonder. 'We are excited to launch our Blue Yonder AI agents that will revolutionize supply chain management,' said Angove. 'Built on over two decades of AI and machine learning expertise, these AI agents empower businesses to act with machine speed and precision, even in complex situations. These new agents are groundbreaking in their approach, and will transform some of the key functions in the supply chain. And they've been thoughtfully developed to help reduce waste and costs. They optimize the entire supply chain and enable faster, smarter decision-making. Together with our customers, we are setting new benchmarks for addressing supply chain challenges to move beyond boundaries.' AI-Enabled Next Generation Cognitive Solutions Blue Yonder's Cognitive Solutions are more intelligent and precise with AI natively built-in, allowing businesses to autonomously coordinate tasks, decisions and workflows across all parts of their supply chain. These solutions are built on a modern and true cloud architecture, sit on the Blue Yonder Platform and Snowflake AI Data Cloud, have access to a multi-enterprise network, and offer end-to-end interoperability and unified decisioning. The Cognitive Solutions also offer reimagined experiences for users through innovative uses of predictive, generative and agentic AI. Cognitive Solutions support supply chain teams by expediting routine tasks, helping solve problems, and analyzing complex data quickly. With these enhanced capabilities, Cognitive Solutions empower supply chain teams to move more quickly from data to real-world action. More information on Blue Yonder's Cognitive Solutions will be available in tomorrow's ICON announcement. Machine-Speed Decisioning With AI Agents Blue Yonder's new AI agents, built in collaboration with customers, enable businesses to see, analyze, decide, and act with machine speed and precision, even amid disruptions and evolving geopolitical situations. Agentic AI is also infused throughout Blue Yonder's supply chain planning and execution solutions, offering continuous optimization of the end-to-end supply chain network. Customers can unlock additional agentic functionality with Cognitive Solutions, including the ability to: Increase the impact and return on investment: AI agents are transforming how organizations manage their operations by analyzing a wide range of planning and execution data, enabling more informed and comprehensive decision-making. AI agent recommendations can be swiftly automated with human approval, ensuring faster response times and enhancing operational agility. Reduce decision-making lag and potential missed issues: Supply chain teams are empowered to take action from anywhere, at any time thanks to a mobile user experience (UX) for AI agents, ensuring that critical decisions are made promptly. Also, real-time push notifications and alerts from the AI agent provide a quick overview of developments, allowing teams to prioritize actions effectively and promptly address urgent matters. Accelerate human decision-making and expert analysis: The AI agents operate within an adaptive UX that adjusts to a user's device and working location (whether in an office, on location, in a car/truck, etc.), enabling supply chain teams to seamlessly zoom in and out with the speed and flexibility needed to analyze plans and take action at both granular and macro levels. Additionally, visualization of supply chain data and activities by the AI agents offers comprehensive end-to-end modeling, helping teams identify opportunities and make informed decisions that drive efficiency and growth. Blue Yonder's AI agents include: Inventory Ops Agent: Thanks to the Inventory Ops Agent, planners can match supply with demand by guiding attention to mismatches, exceptions, and systemic issues. The agent rapidly diagnoses root causes — from material or capacity constraints to parameter or configuration errors — and recommends actionable solutions like alternate sourcing, expediting, or demand swaps. It also highlights necessary plan adjustments based on real-time conditions and communicates changes to ensure downstream alignment. Shelf Ops Agent: Planograms are an important part of visualizing the in-store experience, yet they can be time-consuming for planners to create. With the Shelf Ops Agent, planners can rapidly perform at-scale planogram edits with simple, natural-language interactions. Actions such as swapping a product with another in many planograms, updating planograms in a project, analyzing performance, and creating custom reports can now be performed with a few instructions, boosting user productivity. Logistics Ops Agent: Logistics is a key part of any supply chain, yet with so many moving pieces and constant disruptions, it can be daunting to keep track of operations. The Logistics Ops Agent helps logistics teams monitor conditions and recommend route changes to prevent delivery disruptions, as well as automate appointment scheduling changes to speed execution. It also identifies ways to optimize transport costs, on-time deliveries and emissions. Warehouse Ops Agent: Executing intraday plans with precision remains a significant challenge in dynamic warehouse environments. Success hinges on the ability to adapt to real-time changes and make informed decisions at both strategic and operational levels. The Warehouse Ops Agent empowers warehouse leaders to drive consistent performance every day. By intelligently coordinating highly interdependent tasks, the agent enables faster, more confident decision-making. It dynamically reallocates labor in response to shifting priorities, optimizes warehouse layouts based on predictive demand and supply insights, identifies outbound risks early to prevent delays, streamlines trailer docking and unloading according to content urgency and staffing levels, and proactively mitigates risks associated with on time in full (OTIF) compliance. The result is greater agility, higher throughput, and improved service reliability — delivered seamlessly at scale. Network Ops Agent: With the help of the Network Ops Agent, customers can effectively monitor supply chain operations across the multi-enterprise network, proactively manage disruptions, and optimize inbound supply and logistics by automating order confirmations, stockout resolutions, carrier assignments, predictive ETA updates, container prioritizations, appointment re-scheduling and performance analysis. This allows businesses to pivot quickly to avoid delays, ensuring that raw materials, components and finished goods arrive on time, in full at low cost. Users can have multi-modal interactions with the agent to gain real-time insights and collaboratively orchestrate problem resolutions. "With more than 25 billion AI predictions being delivered every day, Blue Yonder is taking supply chains to the next level with our AI agents," said Angove. "The five new AI agents empower our customers to see, analyze, decide, and act, enabling them to respond swiftly to disruptions, minimize delays, uncover growth opportunities within their supply chain, and increase the return on investment in their solutions. At ICON 2025, we also demonstrated our new Tariffs Agent to help customers quickly find solutions and alternatives to minimize the negative impact on their organizations. All of these AI agents are transforming the way businesses manage their supply chains.' Advancing AI Agents and Solutions With Microsoft During the keynote session, Blue Yonder announced its Agent Activation Advisory, designed to get customers successfully running agents for their organization in 6-12 weeks, ensuring customers maximize the benefits, speed, and precision of the Blue Yonder Platform and Cognitive Solutions. The Agent Activation Advisory will also work with the Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Labs to co-innovate groundbreaking AI supply chain solutions to tackle the world's most challenging supply chain issues. In addition, Blue Yonder announced a partnership with Microsoft's Azure AI Foundry, a trusted, integrated platform that allows for the design, customization, and management of AI applications and agents. Blue Yonder will leverage the Azure AI Foundry to build AI agents. The Azure AI Foundry offers a rich set of AI capabilities and tools through a simple portal, unified software development kit (SDK), and APIs, facilitating secure data integration, model customization, and enterprise-grade governance to accelerate the path to production. Knowledge Graph Powers Cognitive Solutions Supported by Snowflake and RelationalAI Blue Yonder also announced a collaboration with Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, and RelationalAI to enhance its Cognitive Solutions with a supply chain knowledge graph. Leveraging the features of the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, the Blue Yonder supply chain knowledge graph records the structure of business relationships and processes declaratively and in human-readable form. Users can engage with complex supply chain data more intuitively and contextually, while AI agents are capable of reasoning more effectively, including with the extended ecosystem on the Blue Yonder Network. The supply chain knowledge graph helps customers to: Navigate uncertainty by efficiently understanding and modifying key relationships within the supply chain, such as rapidly shifting to a new supplier if an existing one becomes unavailable. Shift from reactive, exception-based supply chain management toward an insight-driven approach, with the knowledge graph underpinning AI that can evaluate the impact of every supply chain event in near real-time. Extend Blue Yonder's Cognitive Solutions by leveraging the combined strengths of the Blue Yonder Platform, the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, and RelationalAI's technology. Blue Yonder will demonstrate these supply chain knowledge graph-based Cognitive Solution capabilities during a breakout session and in the Innovation Experience at ICON 2025. About Blue Yonder Blue Yonder is the world leader in end-to-end digital supply chain transformation. With a unified, AI-driven platform and multi-tier network, Blue Yonder empowers businesses to operate sustainably, scale profitably, and delight their customers — all at machine speed. Blue Yonder's modern supply chain innovations and unmatched industry expertise help more than 3,000 retailers, manufacturers, and logistics service providers to confidently navigate supply chain complexity and disruption. 'Blue Yonder' is a trademark or registered trademark of Blue Yonder Group, Inc. Any trade, product or service name referenced in this document using the name 'Blue Yonder' is a trademark and/or property of Blue Yonder Group, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of the companies with which they are associated.
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
'Football ban makes me feel sick': Transgender player hits out at SFA rules change
SCOTLAND'S only transgender football player affected by the SFA's rule change to ban non-biological females has hit out at the sporting body over the decision, saying she feels 'sick' and 'heartbroken'. On Tuesday, the governing body of Scottish football, the SFA, changed its rules on transgender players, bringing in a ban on anyone who was not born biologically female from playing in women's competitive football. The decision follows the landmark ruling by the Supreme Court earlier this month where it ruled that women are defined by biology. The SFA's change affects any trans women with the ambition or desire to play competitive women's football by banning them from taking part in the sport. READ MORE: There should be no hiding the fact that Grangemouth closure is a political act The governing body reportedly said there are currently no trans women registered to play in women's competitive football. However, Jasmine Angove was a registered player with Edinburgh Uni Thistle in the fifth tier of the SWPL last season. She said she was shocked by the news as under the new ruling, she won't be able to play for her club again. 'Unfortunately for me, it does feel personal,' Angove told STV News. 'I love playing grassroots football and inclusive football but I also like playing at a more competitive level. 'I like being challenged and with these girls that we play with and against I am not the strongest, I'm not the tallest, I'm not the fastest and I'm not the best. 'But I love to play with them and we have a great bond. I've spoken to the club today and they are all supporting me and are shocked and saddened as well.' She added: 'Now I won't get the chance to play with them again. Which breaks my heart.' (Image: Archant) Angove runs Gender Goals – Scotland's first trans and non-binary football club. She has been unable to play with Edinburgh Uni Thistle this season due to a serious knee injury which has kept her out of the game. Angove said she lives for football and that the decision has left her feeling anxious and sick. She added: 'Can you think of a top trans footballer? It's me. And I'm in the fifth tier and get injured all the time. 'It's a non-issue and a knee-jerk reaction in response to the UK Supreme Court.' 'I feel shocked. I haven't really processed it. I have so much anxiety, I feel sick. 'I'm wondering when I'm going to break down. I live for football, and now I don't have that. 'And it's just me that's been banned. It feels very personal, no one consulted me about it, no one came to watch me play. 'I'm heartbroken.' Angove said she supported the previous regulation, saying she doesn't believe trans people who haven't taken hormones should be allowed to play the women's game. Adding the SFA have given in to fear instead of believing in science. She said: 'The regulation was fit for purpose and I fully agreed with it. 'Now they've got rid of them, they have succumbed to fear instead of science.' In the Scottish FA handbook, rule 20.1 states: 'In any match played under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA, other than the exception permitted in Article 20.2, all of the participating players shall be of the same gender.' READ MORE: Four arrests made following 'violent incidents' across Scotland The exception referred to is for games involving players who are under the age of 15 at the start of the year, who are allowed to play in mixed games. There's also a rule clarifying that coaching and instructional courses can be mixed. The existing rules mean trans players can play in women's football on a case-by-case basis, with testosterone levels being regularly monitored.
The National
03-05-2025
- Sport
- The National
Scottish transgender player hits out at SFA rules change
On Tuesday, the governing body of Scottish football, the SFA, changed its rules on transgender players, bringing in a ban on anyone who was not born biologically female from playing in women's competitive football. The decision follows the landmark ruling by the Supreme Court earlier this month where it ruled that women are defined by biology. The SFA's change affects any trans women with the ambition or desire to play competitive women's football by banning them from taking part in the sport. READ MORE: There should be no hiding the fact that Grangemouth closure is a political act The governing body reportedly said there are currently no trans women registered to play in women's competitive football. However, Jasmine Angove was a registered player with Edinburgh Uni Thistle in the fifth tier of the SWPL last season. She said she was shocked by the news as under the new ruling, she won't be able to play for her club again. 'Unfortunately for me, it does feel personal,' Angove told STV News. 'I love playing grassroots football and inclusive football but I also like playing at a more competitive level. 'I like being challenged and with these girls that we play with and against I am not the strongest, I'm not the tallest, I'm not the fastest and I'm not the best. 'But I love to play with them and we have a great bond. I've spoken to the club today and they are all supporting me and are shocked and saddened as well.' She added: 'Now I won't get the chance to play with them again. Which breaks my heart.' (Image: Archant) Angove runs Gender Goals – Scotland's first trans and non-binary football club. She has been unable to play with Edinburgh Uni Thistle this season due to a serious knee injury which has kept her out of the game. Angove said she lives for football and that the decision has left her feeling anxious and sick. She added: 'Can you think of a top trans footballer? It's me. And I'm in the fifth tier and get injured all the time. 'It's a non-issue and a knee-jerk reaction in response to the UK Supreme Court.' 'I feel shocked. I haven't really processed it. I have so much anxiety, I feel sick. 'I'm wondering when I'm going to break down. I live for football, and now I don't have that. 'And it's just me that's been banned. It feels very personal, no one consulted me about it, no one came to watch me play. 'I'm heartbroken.' Angove said she supported the previous regulation, saying she doesn't believe trans people who haven't taken hormones should be allowed to play the women's game. Adding the SFA have given in to fear instead of believing in science. She said: 'The regulation was fit for purpose and I fully agreed with it. 'Now they've got rid of them, they have succumbed to fear instead of science.' In the Scottish FA handbook, rule 20.1 states: 'In any match played under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA, other than the exception permitted in Article 20.2, all of the participating players shall be of the same gender.' READ MORE: Four arrests made following 'violent incidents' across Scotland The exception referred to is for games involving players who are under the age of 15 at the start of the year, who are allowed to play in mixed games. There's also a rule clarifying that coaching and instructional courses can be mixed. The existing rules mean trans players can play in women's football on a case-by-case basis, with testosterone levels being regularly monitored.
