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EU Countries Warn German Gas Levy May Boost Reliance on Russia

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Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia said the levy — which is paid for by traders or utilities further down supply chains — undermines energy security in the wider region.

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Sky Deutschland, Teleplan and DHL open a new European distribution centre

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distribution and reverse supply chain centre at Panattoni Park Cheb, in the Czech Republic. For picking up urgent orders, in some cases we have at most one hour,” says Filip Budík, Managing Director, DHL Supply Chain Czech Republic and Hungary.

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Ivalua Supports the Digitalization of Tchibo’s Indirect Purchasing Process with its Source-to-Contract Solution

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In addition to a strong, national business focus, the company is active in Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Turkey. Founded in 1949, the company today has a turnover of €3.2 billion and employs around 10,000 people. Additionally, Tchibo exports its coffee to around 40 countries worldwide.

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Jeroen van Weesep: ‘Make more room for intuition and trust’

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With factories in Denmark, Mexico, Hungary and the Czech Republic, it produces a mind-blowing 40 billion Lego bricks a year. The company got its financials back into the black in 2005, and last year it turned over 3.4 billion euro and generated a profit of almost 820 million euro while employing close to 12,000 people.

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Gartner Supply Chain Executive Roundtable

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He also oversaw similar global logistics functions in the Tesco CE territories of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Gonzalez managed the global logistics function for the delivery of physical reward marketing programs to Tesco in the U.K. and Ireland.

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Anita Arts: “A supply chain manager can no longer sit in an ivory tower

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The British company is owner of Unitymedia KabelBW (Germany), UPC (The Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary and Romania), VTR (Chile) and Liberty (Puerto Rico). This extremely dynamic environment is precisely why she is in her element at Liberty Global.

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Winner of last quarter: The Netherlands as a logistics base

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In the ‘Base for Logistics Activities’ category, the Netherlands outranked France, Austria, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, the Czech Republic, Russia, Hungary, Turkey, Denmark, Slovakia and Romania.