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Global Wide Manufacturing Output Strengthens in March 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides readers a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series in providing highlights on reported March 2024, and Q1-2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMIĀ® ended March on an optimistic footing.

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Not up to Promethean Standards: Greeceā€™s Pharmaceutical Supply Chain is Worryingly Weak

Elementum

As analysts debate the likelihood of a separation, Greek citizens struggle with dwindling supplies and the risk of their savings disappearing. While food and oil are readily available, certain supply chains ā€“ most worryingly, pharmaceuticals ā€“ are in danger of being disrupted at various levels. A Sisyphean Task.

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ToolsGroup Automates Demand-Driven, Omnichannel Supply Chain Planning at Dixons SEE

Brookes Supply Chain Planning Blog

ToolsGroup and its Greek partner THellas announced today that Dixons South East Europe (SEE) has gone live with SO99+ software to automate its omnichannel supply chain planning and transform from a supply-driven to demand-driven model.

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Eurozone Economy Now in Technical Recession

Supply Chain Matters

As Supply Chain Matters highlighted in late May, the German economy was declared in state of recession after first quarter GDP data was reported. Besides Germany , Greece , Lithuania , Malta , Ireland and the Netherlands experienced quarter on quarter GDP declines. pharmaceutical companies cutting back on production.

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The Supply Chain Impact of Europeā€™s Refugee Crisis

Kinaxis

A crisis of this magnitude creates a mind-boggling supply chain and logistics challenge. Relief agencies normally spend as much as 80% of their proceeds on logistics and supply chain. So, how can the supply chain fulfill refugeesā€™ basic requirements for food, water, shelter, and medical assistance?

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Artificial Intelligence ā€“ sifting through the hype and the promise for forecasting

Kinaxis

Famed forecasting expert and organizer of the Makridakis Competitions (known as the M-competitions) Spyros Makridakis spoke to us remotely from his post at the University of Nicosia in Greece. Kinaxis cofounder Duncan Klett drew on his training as an engineer to lay out his premise that a supply chain is a control system.

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Global PMI Levels in August Remain Sluggish

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights perspectives and added insights on reported August 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. The top producing nations by notion of highest PMI levels were noted as India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Greece and Russia. The reported August value was 43.5,