Supply Chain Matters

MAY 12, 2023

On May 4, we featured for readers the industry breaking news that Flexport will acquire the logistics the logistics fulfillment operations of online retail platform provider Shopify. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. to Combine with Allkem Ltd.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

The Eurozone remains a drag on global manufacturing output with reportedly steep downturns again occurring in Germany and Austria. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Growth expansion has returned across China and the U.S. reflecting a 1.3

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

India again led all other regions, while Germany and Austria remain at highest levels of PMI contractionary levels. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Business confidence levels remained positive, reportedly staying close to January’s nine-month high.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 25, 2021

Chinese tech giant Alibaba’s logistic arm Cainiao launched a container booking service last week in response to the global shortage. and Europe have surged 300%, Mark Yeager, chief executive officer of Redwood Logistics, told CNBC. For the route from Asia to the West Coast of the U.S., rates are up 145% year over year.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

Compiled by The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group LLC Highlights of Regional PMI Reporting Added Contraction Across the Eurozone The HCOB Eurozone Manufacturing PMI® report for July was headlined with falling costs and plummeting product demand levels. Source: S&P Global and Other Sources. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

The PMI values reflective of Germany and Austria both reached 34-month lows in March while both led in the expansion of post-production inventories. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Countries experiencing sequential monthly lows were noted as France, Austria and Germany , the latter recording a 46.3 Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. PMI value in February, the eighth consecutive month of contraction reporting. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chains Rock

JANUARY 4, 2011

Another interesting supply chain point about the Mini Countryman is that it is being made in Styria, Austria, land of delicious pumpkin seed oil -- trust me it is delicious. About.com - Martins Logistics Blog. EU Logistics Hub Blog. Latin American Logistics. SCM Research. SCM Blogroll. China Supply Chain Council.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 30, 2021

As this work was researched and written almost 40 years ago it is interesting to reflect on the state of Vehicle Routing technology then and now. All of our research was done through books, surveys and interviewing people and companies who worked in this space. It remains a very complicated problem to solve even to this day.

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Veridian Solutions

JULY 19, 2018

By some estimates, reports Allied Market Research , the warehouse management system market will swell to more than $3 billion by 2022, and adoption of WMS systems is expected to continue with the IoT-based value in the WMS market to surpass 19 billion by 2025, says Grand View Research. Download WhitePaper.

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Freightera

APRIL 28, 2020

Interview with Benoit Montreuil, Professor, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Director, Physical Internet Center; Director, Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Interviewed by Eric Beckwitt, Founder and CEO, Freightera. EB: What is the current status of building the Physical Internet?

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Reportedly, with the exception of Greece , all other EU countries registered PMI declines, with Germany and Austria having the fastest rates of production declines. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. average of the three months of Q3, declined 1.5

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Supply Chains Rock

JUNE 3, 2009

I still have bitter memories of all the T-Mobile shops in Austria running out of iPhones on the launch day. About.com - Martins Logistics Blog. EU Logistics Hub Blog. Latin American Logistics. SCM Research. Apple continues to hold the #1 spot. Toyota is also curious at #10. SCM Blogroll. China Supply Chain Council.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 14, 2016

According to Aberdeen Research, “international shipments cost twice as much, take five times as long and have five times more variability than domestic shipments.” By Supply Chain Movement in collaboration with Amber Road. Choose country. Afghanistan. Åland Islands. American Samoa. Antarctica. Antigua and Barbuda. Azerbaijan. Bangladesh.

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Supply Chains Rock

MARCH 16, 2010

Living in Switzerland and before now in Austria it is much, much easier to find locally manufactured products from pens and pencils to clothes. About.com - Martins Logistics Blog. EU Logistics Hub Blog. Latin American Logistics. SCM Research. Why should you care? SCM Blogroll. China Supply Chain Council.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Commercial and industrial activities such as manufacturing, R&D, warehousing, and logistics are undertaken in freeports, which are designed to attract manufacturers producing or assembling goods predominantly for export. Where are the major freeports in the world? A Solent Freeport Green Growth Institute will be developed.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2017

Almost 20 years and half a billion dollars in research and development later, the pitch finally paid off. Austria-based AMS recognized the potential of optical sensors in 2011 when it acquired Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions Inc. He didn’t identify the manufacturer he was pitching. Whole Package'.

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Unleashed

JULY 7, 2021

Eco-friendly logistics packaging materials. This means they are backed up by a authoritative certification, such as: The European OK Compost Home standard (from TÜV Austria). Indeed, research company PreScouter labelled reusable containers as the future of the food and beverage industry. Bioplastics. Recyclable food packaging.

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