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Global Wide Manufacturing Output Strengthens in March 2024

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India has again demonstrated the highest level of PMI growth and the report authors point to Greece, Indonesia, Russia and Brazil as demonstrating stronger rates of expansion. along with Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. Growth expansion has returned across China and the U.S.

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The Pros and Cons: International and Domestic Sourcing

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Low-cost country sourcing is a procurement strategy that falls under a broad category of procurement efforts called global sourcing. Depending on your local government restrictions and exchange rates, it can impact costs and tilt the balance in favour of global sourcing even when considering logistics costs. Local restrictions.

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Mid-Year Assessment of 2022 Supply Chain Predictions- Part One

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front that retailers and certain businesses may have procured too much inventory , and now that these inventories have arrived, the challenge will be not to exposed to a decline in consumer buying activity in the months to come. This month, the Economist Intelligence Unit revised its forecast of the overall U.S. inflation rate to be 9.2

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January 2023 PMI Reporting Points to Some Signs of Global Wide Easing

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Sector data reportedly indicated that contraction was centered in intermediate and investment goods while consumer goods output levels rose for a second consecutive month. The few pockets of production expansion were noted to be within Asia , including India, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.

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Global Wide Production PMI Levels Unchanged in February 2024

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Overall, global activity reportedly showed signs of increased production output for consumer goods production levels but continued muted growth for intermediate supply network and investment goods production levels. Slight Rise in Global Wide Production Activity Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P.