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Global Wide Manufacturing Output Strengthens in March 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Global Manufacturing Output Levels Strengthen Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMIĀ® ended March on an optimistic footing. Of further significance was the March report indication that the rate of growth in global manufacturing output has accelerated to a 21-month high.

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Emerging Supply Chain Trends ā€“ A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Major Trends: Volatile Production, Capacity Crisis & The Need for EV Automotive manufacturing is experiencing a huge global transformation compared to the past. The main destinations of vehicle exports were Europe, Middle East and Africa and South America.

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The reality of green energy: ā€œgreen metalā€ supply chains wonā€™t be able to keep up

NC State SCRC

What will happen to those manufacturers that can’t or won’t convert? Congo is an autocracy, but so is #4 on the list: China, which is home to aluminum, copper and lithium, while Indonesia sits on mountains of nickel, and Peru holds nearly a quarter of the world’s silver. They go out of business? The losers?

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How Will Climate Change Impact Supply Chains in 2024?

Resilinc

Many sectors are affected by droughts, including agriculture, energy, water, utilities, and manufacturing. This drought impacted hydropower, disrupted shipping, and affected five million people in southern China, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

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Hollywoodā€™s Top 10 Supply Chain Disaster Movies

Resilinc

Extreme weather like this would damage manufacturing and transportation infrastructure in the U.S. Deep Impact (1998) In Deep Impact , a comet strikes the earth, creating a mega-tsunami that devastates the Atlantic coasts of North America, South America, Europe, and Africa. the largest major manufacturing area in the U.S.

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Global Manufacturing PMI Levels Rise in January 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Global Production Activity Rise Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMIĀ® began 2024 with output levels rising for the first time in eight months. Global manufacturing employment levels fell for the fifth straight month. Manufacturing , there were mixed consensus.

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Chinaā€™s Historic Silk Road is Resurrected from the Rubble

Elementum

It will span global waters to facilitate inter and intranational trade, establishing new ports from along Chinaā€™s southeast coast to Africa, the Mediterranean region and beyond. The second prong is the ā€œ21st Century Maritime route.ā€ Investments, Cooperation, and Controversy. ā€œWe President Xi Jin Ping.

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