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How is the Logistics Economy Holding Up?

Logistics Viewpoints

Global Manufacturing PMI Global Trade as a Barometer Clearly domestic business activity is much larger than international trade. The United States publishes monthly advance economic indicators that can provide more recent and updated information. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Indexes The J.P. Source: J.P.

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Elon Musk Ensures that Product Development is Not Siloed

Logistics Viewpoints

The discipline has done a good job of driving collaboration between sales and marketing and manufacturing, procurement, and logistics. I attended the SAP Spend Connect Live conference in Vienna, Austria a couple weeks ago. In short, where Elon Musk has focused on integrating product design with manufacturing and procurement, Ms.

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

Supply Chain Matters

In February of 2021, Supply Chain Matters highlighted a memorandum of understanding with global contract manufacturing provider Foxconn Technology for volume production. Shipping new vehicles from Austria to the U.S. The company’s CEO now acknowledges that the EV industry is transitioning within a rather turbulent market demand period.

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The New Significance of a Logistics Strategy: Role, Success factors, and Integration

Logistics Viewpoints

To leverage the technological potentials in system integration, the information generated must always be available for inclusion in decision-making. Such a partner should also be independent enough to be able to integrate different manufacturers. Conclusion. Logistics strategies have become increasingly important in the past years.

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Digital logistics: how manufacturing companies can profit

DELMIA Quintiq

Digitalisation as a central element is decisively influencing the development of logistics and its concepts,” was the conclusion from Roman Stiftner, President of BVL Austria. The underlying question is: How can information technology processes and results in production logistics be improved? The final outcome.

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November Global PMI Reporting Reflects Some Stabilization

Supply Chain Matters

In our prior highlights and perceptions of September and October published indices , we observed that the numbers once again signaled continued contraction in global manufacturing output and product demand levels. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. in November.

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o9 Solutions and Genpact Partner to Digitally Transform Supply Chain of Eckes-Granini

o9 Solutions

The joint initiative digitizes end-to-end supply chain processes at Eckes-Granini and breaks down information silos within the organization. Traditional supply chains consist of several isolated steps, from marketing to product development, manufacturing, and sales to the customer.