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Building the Network of Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

Fires in a Bangladesh sewing factory resulted in 112 deaths. We hope to see you at the next meetings: June 25th-26th at Evonik in Hanau, Germany. These three drivers are why supply chain leaders should work together to build the network of networks: Brand Protection. The opportunity lies with building better networks.

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GrandVision: “We are changing completely as we become demand driven”

Supply Chain Movement

Many of these stores are recognised under banners such as Apollo-Optik in Germany, Générale d’Optique and GrandOptical in France, Pearle in the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria and Vision Express in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland, Hungary, the Middle East and India to name just a few.

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How Europe is Coping with Supply Chain Disruption

Jaggaer

April marks the start of the asparagus harvest in southern Germany, an event that has a quasi-religious significance in some towns and villages. Sectors such as apparel, which have shifted production to countries such as Vietnam and Bangladesh, may see reshoring in the long run.

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600 Dead in Bangladesh: Is there a soul to the enterprise?

Supply Chain View from the Field

News of the increasing death toll in Bangladesh continues to pour in, with the latest at 600 found dead in the rubble of the Rama factory complex. Demonstrators are protesting apparel offices (such as Gap’s offices in San Francisco) to demand better working conditions in Bangladesh factories. Some companies are taking steps.

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

I can claim to have been a nuclear rocket engineer for a couple of years, looking after nuclear rockets in West Germany during the end of the Cold War. Sourcing is now predominantly overseas: China is one of the big sourcing countries of course, along with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand.

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Global Wide Production PMI Levels Unchanged in February 2024

Supply Chain Matters

India again led all other regions, while Germany and Austria remain at highest levels of PMI contractionary levels. For the first time in many months, report authors identified export order demands originating countries as being Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Indonesia and the United States. compared to 46.6

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Freightera vs Traditional and Online Solutions, Freightquote, FreightCenter, Uber Freight, Flexport, Freightos

Freightera

They have a large coverage and offer services in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Bangladesh, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia. They cover the USA, the United Kingdom, China, Germany, and Canada. Flexport According to Wikipedia: “Flexport Inc. on Featured Customers where they have over 2,500 reviews.

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