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Global Wide Manufacturing Output Strengthens in March 2024

Supply Chain Matters

The Eurozone remains a drag on global manufacturing output with reportedly steep downturns again occurring in Germany and Austria. New order growth reportedly accelerated at the fastest in nearly three plus year, which is a likely indication that this region has become the new go-to for China Plus product sourcing strategies.

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Global PMI Levels in July Remain of Concern

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Further indicated were signs of weakness occurring in China , Japan , Malaysia, South Korea , Taiwan and Vietnam. Source: S&P Global and Other Sources. Considerable weakness was noted for both Germany (a 38 month low) and Austria (a 39 month low) in July, both reporting the lowest PMI values in this sector.

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November Global PMI Reporting Reflects Some Stabilization

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From our lens, this trend is mainly an indicator of seasonal holiday related demand and spending for the traditional holiday quarter. Austria was indicated as the worst performer, followed by Germany and France. Similar to October, November’s reporting clearly reinforces this ongoing trend. reflecting a 1.1 reported for October.

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Global Wide Production PMI Levels Unchanged in February 2024

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India again led all other regions, while Germany and Austria remain at highest levels of PMI contractionary levels. We view such an indicator as clear evidence that sourcing for lowest cost manufacturing is again apparent among multi-industry supply networks. Contrasting Reporting for U.S. in February compared to 50.3

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Global Manufacturing PMI Levels Rise in January 2024

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India led all other regions in overall PMI growth while Austria, Czechia and France were the bottom three contractionary conditions. The only country with positive PMI growth was Greece , while Germany, France and Austria PMI levels were the lowest, Austria being 43.0 and France being 43.1. in January from 49.7

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

Trends for high-tech industry. The high-tech industry are currently facing a tsunami of external trends. These external trends force high-tech companies to prepare for this unpredictable future: Plan. The impact of trends force companies to make clear trade-offs: Do. Choose country. Afghanistan. Ã…land Islands. Antarctica.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

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). Supply Chain Movement and software vendor Eyefreight have developed this checklist to provide to pinpoint the key drivers of Freight Spend Management.