article thumbnail

Global PMI Levels in August Remain Sluggish

Supply Chain Matters

The lowest production performance and associated supply chain activity levels were reported as that of Germany , Austria , Czech Republic , United Kingdom and Poland. Orders are in fact falling faster than factories are cutting output, suggesting firms will need to continue scaling back their production volumes into the near future.”

article thumbnail

3rd Annual Advanced Reverse Logistics Strategies Conference

Supply Chain Movement

Venue: Park Inn Hotel Prague, Czech Republic. 3rd Annual Advanced Reverse Logistics Strategies Conference, organized by Quadimension Events with key focus on Electronics and Retail industry in the EMEA region, will be held on the the 19th – 20th of March 2015 at the Park Inn Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Advanced Reverse Logistics Strategies Workshop & Conference

Supply Chain Movement

RLCON 2013: Advanced Reverse Logistics Strategies Workshop & Conference. Venue The Corinthia Hotel, Prague (Czech Republic). As economies and bottom-lines shrink, it becomes crucial for companies to reduce costs and maintain their competitive advantage. Date: 10- 12 April 2013. Organisation: Quadimension Events.

article thumbnail

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. To support this level of responsiveness Pure Storage has more than 200 depots around the world that carry field service inventory. Pure Storage reduced their dependency on sourcing from the Far East.

article thumbnail

Where are all the N95 Masks? A Supply Chain Dilemma

NC State SCRC

The p rolonged outbreak in China reduced the supply , and during the outbreak production expanded by nearly 12-fold (to 115 million per month). The global inventory of masks was also diminished by the wildfires in California and Australia, which used up many of the supplies held by humanitarian organizations.

article thumbnail

Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

There are numerous ways a shipper can reduce freight spend. How likely are carriers to agree on endless rate cuts? To anticipate and respond to high customer demand, a modern Transportation Management System (TMS) needs to optimize inventory allocation. Congo, The Democratic Republic of The. Czech Republic.

article thumbnail

Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration

Supply Chain Movement

Congo, The Democratic Republic of The. Czech Republic. Dominican Republic. In a world with an increasing number of political disturbances and mounting pressure to create sustainability, companies in a global market have to design their logistics strategy to meet demand in a cost efficient, optimal way: Plan.