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The Top 6 Trends in Logistics Impacting Shippers in 2017

GlobalTranz

According to PLS Logistics , global companies will install procurement managers in China for entire organizations by 2025. Meanwhile, Brazil, Russia and India will become major suppliers as companies access the remaining untapped resources of the world. Globalization Will Become More Important in Everyday Decisions.

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A Look at the Supply Chain Challenges at the Games in Rio

RFgen

Sustainability a Major Concern for Rio Supply Chain Management. In fact, sustainability has been integrated into nearly every facet of the games. Because of this, partners have made sustainability a priority for the games since the early 2000s, and supply chain management isn’t immune to this trend.

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A Look at the Supply Chain Challenges at the Games in Rio

RFgen

Sustainability a Major Concern for Rio Supply Chain Management. In fact, sustainability has been integrated into nearly every facet of the games. Because of this, partners have made sustainability a priority for the games since the early 2000s, and supply chain management isn’t immune to this trend.

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The difference between supply chain and logistics explained

Unleashed

The life of coffee begins with growers in the likes of Brazil or Vietnam. You’ll see that the KPIs in both supply chain management and logistics are very similar, in that they often track the movement or storage of inventory. Inventory days of supply. Supply chain management is the act of planning and managing this network.

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September and Q3 Global PMI Levels Remain in Contraction

Supply Chain Matters

Reportedly, destocking activities increased with finished product and raw materials inventories decreasing by the end of the quarter. The regions reported as having the most declines in production volumes were noted as Brazil, Canada, Japan , and the United Kingdom. The reported September PMI reported value 49.1 reflecting a 0.4

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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Procurement will play a key role in monitoring supply base conditions.

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Global Wide Production PMI Levels Unchanged in February 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Output reportedly rose in China, India, Brazil and the United States , while declines continued in the Eurozone , Japan and the United Kingdom. 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.