EFT

JULY 7, 2025

China retaliates against EU ban with import restrictions on medical devices China's finance ministry said on Sunday it was restricting government purchases of medical devices from the European Union that exceed 45 million yuan ($6.3 Trump says alignment with BRICS' 'anti-American policies' to invite additional 10% tariffs U.S.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

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. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list.

Predictive Analytics

Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 2, 2013

The purchasing manager indices clearly show that last year we had a bottoming out, and we are now breaking through 50, which shows growth moving in the right direction. If interest rates go up as the Fed slows Treasury purchases, this is bad news for municipal bonds. growth next year. China is at about 7.7 to 2% consistently.

BRIC

Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 13, 2015

While it seemed like many companies would be moving more towards the BRIC countries, global events have proven this uptake to be relatively slow. With Amazon and others going to same day deliveries, the e-commerce boom is making transportation and delivery infrastructure more difficult to navigate.

Negotiating Skills

Freightera

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The economic rise of the BRICs will continue vs the West Europe, then North America, has been the dominant economic force for hundreds of years. Local and regional transportation of organic and non-GMO foods is expected to be a growing sector in 2024. to global websites for international organizations and businesses.

Sustainability