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Global PMI Levels in August Remain Sluggish

Supply Chain Matters

The August numbers once again signal a continued downturn in global manufacturing conditions as output and new order rates continue to fall. From our lens, the August data further reflects ongoing shifts in production sourcing within specific industry sectors. That stated, global output levels fell for the third consecutive month.

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

Supply Chain Movement

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). because there are only three major companies left who manufacturer such chipsets.”.

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SCM World 2014 Chief Supply Chain Officer Report: A Conversation with Kevin O’Marah – Part IV

BlueYonder

In this final post in the series, he addresses the shift away from out-sourcing to vertical integration. SCN: Manufacturers report a strong trend toward greater vertical integration vs. out-sourcing production. O’Marah: Yes, it is a reversal of the trend to out-source to lower cost countries. or at least Mexico.

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How Pure Storage Withstood the Pandemic

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, a vaccine manufacturer increased their order size by a factor of four in one weekend; a video call company wanted to receive ten times as much product as they initially forecast with just a month’s lead-time. Pure Storage’s manufacturing is done at three contract manufacturing sites, two in Texas and one in the Czech Republic.

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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. . Latest Developments.

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Doing Business in Poland

QAD

Poland’s bordering countries include Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine. Manufacturing in Poland. Poland’s manufacturing centers around machinery, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages and textiles. billion worth of goods.

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

These developments impact Original Equipment Manufacturers, both at strategic level and at operational level within their supply chains. Congo, The Democratic Republic of The. Czech Republic. Dominican Republic. The sourcing department is challenged by increasing compliancy issues. Christmas Island.