Productivity stories - Page 21

Four in five Australian businesses now use generative AI tools, with many reporting cuts of at least a quarter of total labour time.

DealerAssist launches rapid SaaS website platform for car dealers, promising live sites in a day with synced inventory and lead management.

Fleet operators cautiously trial AI to tame rising costs as ageing vehicles and maintenance bottlenecks drive up downtime and service spend.

Axis finds intelligent video moving beyond security as firms use cameras for analytics, cloud adoption rises, and unified platforms gain favour.

Emesent launches GX1 mobile scanner, promising survey-grade accuracy and site survey times slashed by up to 95% for construction teams.

Cars24 boosts Australia investment and logistics hub as it races to scale its used-car platform ahead of a possible India IPO within a year.

Celonis and LeafLabs unveil an app to decode robot fleet data, linking factory‑floor telemetry to real‑world supply chain performance.

Austin Group's new Melbourne distribution centre brings logistics in-house, doubling capacity and hitting a 99.8% DIFOT delivery rate.

Milestone will launch its 2026 global XPerience Days in Port Douglas, uniting South Pacific partners around its open video platform.

As e-invoicing mandates loom across Australia and New Zealand, businesses must upgrade now or risk losing lucrative government contracts.

AiPX launches in Australia as an AI-native venture studio, partnering with early-stage founders to build workflow-focused software platforms.

Splashtop taps Australian distributor Leader to push secure remote access and autonomous endpoint management for hybrid workforces.

Palo Alto Networks beat quarterly estimates but flagged weaker next-quarter earnings, unsettling investors despite stronger revenue and contract growth.

eflow launches RegCheck audit to help mid-market financial firms cut fragmented compliance tech stacks that can add up to 30% to costs.

Franchise leaders enter 2026 juggling AI ambitions with the need for tighter operational consistency, compliance and staff engagement.

Sage has embedded new AI tools in Sage Intacct to speed period-end close, sharpen cash visibility and cut manual finance workloads.

Asia-Pacific organisations hit steeper technical hurdles than global peers as they try to scale agentic AI from pilot projects to production.

MYOB links its CX platform with Customer Science analytics, automating reporting and lifting contact centre satisfaction and resolution rates.

One Identity appoints Michael Henricks as combined finance and operations chief to steer scaling identity security business growth.

Liverpool John Moores University launches AI Academy with Multiverse to upskill 134 staff and free hours weekly for teaching and research.