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Doing Business in Germany

QAD

Germany is the largest economy in the EU, and it’s the second most populous country. After WWII, Germany was divided into two sectors, the FRG (West Germany) and the GDR (East Germany). Germany adopted the Euro in 1999. Manufacturing in Germany. Transportation and communication are robust in Germany.

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The Price of a Big Mac in Denmark: Worth the wages?

Supply Chain View from the Field

Today’s NYT has an article about how fast food restaurants like McDonald’s and Burger King pay $20 an hour – a living wage – in Denmark. I also see less Danes buying in chains like H&M than in Germany or especially in the U.S. Meat is usually organic here.

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Tesla Hikes Wages for Nevada Gigafactory Workers

Supply Chain Matters

In November, multiple business media outlets reported that Tesla’s management in Germany unveiled a package of hourly wage hikes for 11,000 factory workers at the automaker’s gigafactory operations in Germany. Reportedly, labor unions within Denmark , Norway and Finland , along with Sweden , have rallied around IF Metall labor union.

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Tesla Raises Pay Levels for California Production Workers

Supply Chain Matters

In November, multiple business media outlets reported that Tesla’s management in Germany unveiled a package of hourly wage hikes for 11,000 factory workers at the automaker’s gigafactory operations in Berlin, Germany. up to $34.50 per hour on the high end.

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Do We Really Need a New Smart Phone Every Two Years?

SCM Research

kg), Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. United Nations University, IAS – SCYCLE, Bonn, Germany. With 32% of the world’s total, the United States (7.1 Mt) and China (6.0 Mt) are responsible for most of the e-waste overall. The top per capita producers, however, are Norway (28.3 Baldé, C.P., Huisman, J.

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Logistics Responses to Europe’s Migrant Crisis

TMC

The number of people admitted varies by country, with Germany taking the most migrants. For example, early in the new year, Denmark tightened its border controls with Germany, after Sweden had imposed similar measures [2]. 2] “Denmark Responds to Swedish Border Checks with Own Controls,” BBC News, January 4, 2016. [3]

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RELEX Retail and Supply Chain Award 2017 Granted to Research That Tackles a Societially Relevant Problem: Food Waste

RELEX Solutions

This year, the award was granted to Philippe Schuler from Copenhagen Business School in Denmark for his research “Food Loss and Waste in the Fresh Potato Supply Chain of Denmark”. The award has been handed out since 2014 and is given to the best master’s thesis with a focus on retail and supply chain planning.