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Peril of EV Start-Ups: Fisker’s Investor Warning

Supply Chain Matters

According to a published report by The Wall Street Journal ( Paid subscription ), this asset light company has recently elected to transition its business model to an auto dealership based vehicle distribution model. This auto designer’s original plan was a direct to consumer vehicle distribution and delivery model, similar to that of Tesla.

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RS Group completes acquisition of Distrelec

Synovos

It also operates two distribution centers in Switzerland and the Netherlands and a shared service center in Latvia. 40% in DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), c. Headquartered in Manchester, UK, Distrelec has approximately 400 employees and 12 sales offices across Europe.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- May 12 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Graves indicated in an interview with Bloomberg that the combined entity will have a “ focus on building a supply chain in the Americas, as US automakers look for non-Chinese sources of the battery metal. America-centric is a big differentiator for us with customers, with investors.”

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The History and State of Vehicle Routing!

Supply Chain Game Changer

On top of that we have all other forms of economic growth, the expansion of outsourcing and global sourcing, all of which drive ever increasing demand on the over the road transportation of goods. The movement of goods between manufacturers, distribution centres, warehouses, retailers and consumers is happening at unprecedented levels.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

Goods in a free zone can be assembled, broken up, distributed, manufactured, processed, stored, sold, sorted or repacked – and then sent to another free zone or exported. Croatia has the highest number of freeports in the EU with Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Sweden having none.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. Other sources reported that DB Schenker was not the only forwarder making this shift. A natural evolution after shipping and customs is, of course, warehousing and distribution. The Next Steps.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

And freight costs are continuing to rise, pushed upward by factors such as globalized distribution and unpredictable fuel prices. By consolidating at the source, several shipments can be combined into one, thereby reducing the number of shipments even before the shipments arrive at the Logistics Service Provider (LSP). Choose country.