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Global PMI Levels in August Remain Sluggish

Supply Chain Matters

From our lens, the August data further reflects ongoing shifts in production sourcing within specific industry sectors. The lowest production performance and associated supply chain activity levels were reported as that of Germany , Austria , Czech Republic , United Kingdom and Poland. in August compared to 57.7

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How Pure Storage Withstood the Pandemic

Logistics Viewpoints

Pure Storage’s manufacturing is done at three contract manufacturing sites, two in Texas and one in the Czech Republic. Dual sourcing has also helped with partner responsiveness. Pure Storage reduced their dependency on sourcing from the Far East. Mexican sourcing also provides for tariff mitigation.

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Apple Supplier Foxconn Had Stated Concerns Related to China’s Covid Measures

Supply Chain Matters

The ongoing developments directly or indirectly related to Apple ’s reported intentions to now source the company’s hardware component and assembly production to other countries beyond its current concentration within China continue to unfold. . Background. Latest Developments.