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How is the Logistics Economy Holding Up?

Logistics Viewpoints

But cross-border trade is an important part of the global economy and much of this trade is in physical goods that must be stored, shipped, transported, and eventually consumed. The report for August (released in late September) shows negligible changes in the aggregate. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Indexes The J.P.

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Global Manufacturing PMI Levels Rise in January 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides a monthly highlights of reported January 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Overall, global activity reportedly showed signs of increased production output and corresponding activity levels, but the gains were mostly in developing and lower-cost regions. increased 1.1

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Introducing QAD Adaptive ERP 2022.1

QAD

From integrated multi-currency, multi-GAAP and multi-entity financials to best practice purchasing, from shared services to real-time data and flexible data analytics, Effective Enterprise Management ensures that manufacturers operate from a trusted set of essential enterprise processes that meet today’s and tomorrow’s needs.

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Global Wide Production PMI Levels Unchanged in February 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of reported February 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Report commentary further indicated that while global consumer goods production levels features solid monthly growth, both the intermediate and investment goods sectors were marginal in growth.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The free report is available in PDF with supporting spreadsheets and high-resolution infographics here. Demand for ocean freight was lower than anticipated, and Hanjin Shipping, another top ten ocean liner, was already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping. Driving the Maersk Shift.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 27 – April 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

America’s imports are stuck on ships floating off LA. Dun & Bradstreet and E2open joined together to provide a report highlighting the impact of this incident on global supply chains. According to the report, Europe is the region that will feel the strongest impact due to the blockage of the canal.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

Freeports are government designated zones usually located around shipping ports and/or airports. Each of these freeports is an important logistical, transportation, and trade area offering a competitive advantage to businesses that operate within them. In this 2022 guide to freeports: What is a freeport?