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New download: SCM Map Europe 2014-2015

Supply Chain Movement

In Poland, Volkswagen is opening a new factory for the Crafter van and Fiat is investing hundreds of millions of euros in its Polish factory for its compact 500 model. Companies are now having to source more locally in order to ensure that they can continue to produce for the local market.”. >>Please SCM Map Europe 2014-2015.

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SCM World 2014 Chief Supply Chain Officer Report: A Conversation with Kevin O’Marah – Part IV

BlueYonder

In this final post in the series, he addresses the shift away from out-sourcing to vertical integration. SCN: Manufacturers report a strong trend toward greater vertical integration vs. out-sourcing production. O’Marah: Yes, it is a reversal of the trend to out-source to lower cost countries. or at least Mexico.

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Anita Arts: “A supply chain manager can no longer sit in an ivory tower

Supply Chain Movement

The British company is owner of Unitymedia KabelBW (Germany), UPC (The Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary and Romania), VTR (Chile) and Liberty (Puerto Rico). This article was first published in Supply Chain Movement Q2 – 2014.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 30 – July 4, 2014)

Talking Logistics

According to the press release: UPS now offers the rail service from Chengdu, China, to Lodz, Poland, and from Zhengzhou, China, to Hamburg, Germany. The post This Week in Logistics News (June 30 – July 4, 2014) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Song of the Week: “Control” by Broken Bells.

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Supply Chain Management:Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 2

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Met another friend of mine from Poland at lunch table who made my day by saying that I look younger; my wife wouldnt agree though. Sourcing,Procurement,Contract & Spend Management (38). January 2014.

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

Over this period of 2013-2014 Shell made good progress on inventory, but faced unprecedented supply price volatility. Nick formed a tight-knit implementation group with business users, and technologists used the backbone of SAP ERP to source master data and transactional flows from SAP and into Orchestr8.

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Beijing-Hamburg freight service completes maiden journey

Global Trade Management

By having many service providers involved, which among each other are often not connected, the friction in moving goods from source to destination are very high. The "Container Express" made its way from China to Germany through Mongolia, Russia, Belarus and Poland. ► 2014. (13). Subscribe To. Thursday, 7 February 2008.