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New download: SCM Map Europe 2014-2015

Supply Chain Movement

The level of job creation in the automotive industry in this region was less extreme due to new factories or expansions in the UK, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Turkey and above all Russia. Companies are now having to source more locally in order to ensure that they can continue to produce for the local market.”. >>Please

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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

Across twenty additional countries, Amazon’s other centers are predominantly focused on fulfillment and delivery stations while some countries, like Italy, the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Singapore, and Japan also have Prime delivery facilities. Source: Amazon.com. billion between 2015 and 2017. billion to $21.7

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2015 : solar-powered vessel, robot dispatcher, 3-D printed flight parts, and more. Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more. Media Type.

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October Global PMI Reporting-Continued Production Contraction

Supply Chain Matters

Germany reportedly remained the worst performer while faster declines were reported for Italy , Spain and Ireland. Weaker-than-expected sales and the delayed shipment of goods led to: “ the strongest rise in inventories of postproduction items since September 2015. percentage point increase from the 44.3 value reported for September.

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ABB’s Daniel Helmig: “We are moving to virtual centres of expertise”

Supply Chain Movement

It includes integration into our so-called 1,000-day projects which were kicked off by our Executive Committee in 2015 to bring us even closer to the customer. “I am fully committed to our ABB Next Level Strategy which will in the SCM area transform the supply chain and optimise productivity.

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Doing Business in Belgium

QAD

36 percent of Belgium’s energy consumption comes from renewable sources, making it the eighth country in the world for renewable energy production. billion metric tons of goods in 2015. and Italy hover at just under five percent. Belgium’s transportation and communication pathways are robust. leaving the EU. Both the U.S

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

Illegal sourcing: Suppliers offer goods or services misrepresented or produced illegally or immorally, whether because of materials used (such as the substitution of horsemeat for beef) or the labour conditions in which production takes place (notably in the garment industry). Italy currently has no public law about this.