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How 2011 Prepared Us for Today

ivalua

It may now take longer for a truck loaded with agricultural goods to pass from Italy to Austria, but those goods are still arriving at their destinations. However, the same study found a large gap between advanced orgs and their less mature peers. 84% of “Beginner” procurement organizations did not proactively monitor for risk.

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Global PMI Levels in August Remain Sluggish

Supply Chain Matters

The lowest production performance and associated supply chain activity levels were reported as that of Germany , Austria , Czech Republic , United Kingdom and Poland. The top producing nations by notion of highest PMI levels were noted as India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Greece and Russia.

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Stepping Forward to Meet Opportunity

BlueYonder

I’m from the UK and have lived here most of my life apart from about a year in Germany and Austria when I was an undergraduate (I studied languages and management). At the University of Leeds in the UK, I studied Manufacturing Resource Planning and Organisational Psychology. Welcome to Wednesdays for Women!

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Winner of last quarter: The Netherlands as a logistics base

Supply Chain Movement

The market study by VerkehrsRundschau (a leading German magazine with a website about transport and logistics) assessed the attractiveness of the countries close to Germany as a base for logistics activities. The Netherlands is the best region for a logistics base according to the ‘VerkehrsRundschau Markenstudie ImageRanking’.

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The History and State of Vehicle Routing!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The second half of our thesis involved an in-depth analysis and case study of the state of Vehicle Routing at a very large national grocery wholesale distribution company. Our research included studying various companies and the approaches they were taking to the vehicle routing problem.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

Croatia has the highest number of freeports in the EU with Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Sweden having none. Companies that do operate within the EU’s free trade zones can manufacture products using imported goods and then export those goods without paying tariffs on the imported items.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

At the time of publishing, this service was still fairly limited in geographic scope, being offered to customers in Spain, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Netherland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Maersk Growth Case study. The Next Steps. Maersk Growth is quite a prolific investor, investing in 25 companies in under three years.