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A Tale of Two Industries: Surprising Demand Spikes amid Supply Chain Disruption

ToolsGroup

sells and deploys ToolsGroup software to companies in The Netherlands, Belgium and Turkey. A surprisingly buoyant automotive spare parts market. The second customer is an automotive spare parts distributor that had implemented SO99+ several years ago. My company Advancetics B.V.

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Tata Steel Europe’s Connected Planning Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

A pound of apples costs about the same as a pound of steel, yet steel is a complex product produced using high-tech metallurgical and manufacturing processes. Their primary steel plants are in Ijmuiden in the Netherlands and in the UK at Port Talbot. A ton of steel can cost as little as $700. What does that mean?

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Do shorter supply chains really cost more?

Supply Chain Movement

In our own recent study of 143 European manufacturing companies, 45% of the respondents indicated that they have already switched to alternative suppliers (in Europe) due to the coronavirus crisis and disruption to supplies from China. Besides that, you have a clearer view of the working conditions at suppliers in Europe.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

15 countries, Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Uruguay and Wales declared that they will collaborate towards realizing 100 percent zero emission new trucks and bus sales by 2040.

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DiManEx partners with Wipro to offer Distributed Manufacturing Services

DiManEx

Utrecht, the Netherlands – March 13, 2018: DiManEx, a cloud-based, end-to-end service provider for distributed 3D manufacturing, today announced a strategic partnership with Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company.

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DiManEx Supplies More than 60 3D Printed Parts for the Lightyear One’s Interior

DiManEx

Helmond, the Netherlands, July 22, 2019 – DiManEx, a company that makes it possible to embed 3D printing in industrial supply chains through a network of Additive Manufacturing partners, is proud to announce its collaboration with Lightyear, the producers of the world’s first long-range solar car. www.lightyear.one.

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New download: SCM Map Europe 2014-2015

Supply Chain Movement

In The Netherlands, cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris is closing its factory in Bergen op Zoom and AkzoNobel has decided to phase out its production of organic peroxides in Deventer by the end of 2016. In Belgium, the Ford factory in Genk will soon close for good, as will the Heinz manufacturing facility in Turnhout.

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