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Doing Business in Switzerland

QAD

Although the country is a UN member, and became a member of NATO in 2002, it retains its commitment to neutrality. Switzerland is east of France and north of Italy, also bordered by Austria, Liechtenstein and Germany. Primary trading partners included Germany, the U.S., Primary import partners were Germany, the U.S.,

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SAP Announces Supervisory Board Leadership Change

Supply Chain Matters

Dr. Hasso Plattner chair of the Germany based software provider’s Supervisory Board. Mr. Ala-Pietilä background is noted as being the President of Nokia Corporation from 1999–2005, along with being a member of the SAP Supervisory Board from 2002–2021. Pekka Ala-Pietilä to stand for election as a new member of the Supervisory Board.

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Doing Business in Brazil

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Argentina and Germany. Brazil ratified its latest constitution on October 5, 1988 and enacted a new civil law code in 2002. Primary import partners were China, the U.S., Political Landscape. Brazil consists of 26 states and one federal district. The capital of Brazil is the city of Brasilia.

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November Global PMI Reporting Reflects Some Stabilization

Supply Chain Matters

contractionary mark for fifteen consecutive months and reportedly the longest sequence of deterioration since the period of December 2000 to February 2002. Austria was indicated as the worst performer, followed by Germany and France. The November number This index has now remained below the 50.0 reflecting a 1.1 reported for October.

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October Global PMI Reporting-Continued Production Contraction

Supply Chain Matters

contractionary mark for fourteen consecutive months and reportedly the longest sequence of deterioration since the period of December 2000 to February 2002. Germany reportedly remained the worst performer while faster declines were reported for Italy , Spain and Ireland. This index has now remained below the 50.0 declined 0.5

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The Future of Analytics in Integrated Business Planning

Supply Chain Trend

TomTom , a Dutch mapmaker and traffic company launched their first portable GPS system in 2002. TomTom has presented a 3D map of Germany and Michigan, in support of the German and US car industry. Only 15 years ago we still used paper maps in our car. The first commercial GPS systems were launched in the 80’s.

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

Virtually all of those startups disappeared by 2002 — they either burned through all of their investment money or were acquired by bigger fish. One of my first clients back in 1999 was Descartes Systems Group.