Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

Commenting on the July report, Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at S&P Global indicated in-part: “ With the exception of pandemic lockdown periods, July saw US manufacturers report the toughest business conditions since 2009. Germany and Italy values were noted as being 25-month lows.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Barring the initial pandemic lockdown months, this is the steepest downturn in US manufacturing seen since the global financial crisis in 2009.”. Of continued concern, manufacturing powerhouses of Germany, Spain and Italy each remain at contraction level PMI values. the same value as that of July. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 1, 2022

At the country level, Italy , Greece and France bounced back to 4-month, 2 month, and 3-month highs but remained in production contraction levels. after plummeted to its lowest level since 2009 in October. Noted in the November report was that the rates of decline in output and new orders were: “.less

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

A specific statement that caught our attention indicated: “ Supply chains continued to recover from the immense pressure experienced through much of the past three-and-one-half years, as average vendor lead times shortened to the greatest extent since May 2009.” China’s expansion was noted as marginal by the end of Q1.

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Supply Chains Rock

AUGUST 10, 2009

Monday, August 10, 2009. As per my last post I took holiday in Tuscany, Italy. While I certainly took the chance to visit the vineyards I also squeezed in a side trip to Carrara, Italy , which as anyone in the area will tell you is world famous for its marble. The supply chain of marble. But that is really how they do it.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

At the country level, Spain, Germany and Italy reported 29-month lows in PMI activity. The October S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® plummeted to its lowest level since 2009. Noted in the October report was that the sub-indexes of output and new orders fell at rates, “ rarely surpassed across 25 years of PMI data collection.”

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