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SCM Map Europe: European location decisions remain complex

Supply Chain Movement

Supply chains in Europe are facing a wide variety of changes. For the fourth consecutive year, Supply Chain Media has produced the SCM Map of Europe providing an overview of the most relevant data for value chains. The most important urban corridor in Europe is the so-called ‘Blue Banana’ totalling 111 million inhabitants.

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Updated IT Subway Map: Major acquisitions in SC software

Supply Chain Movement

This young, publicly listed American software vendor recently bought out Terra Technology, a specialist in demand sensing (short-term forecasting based on point-of-sale data). Two new software categories on the SCM IT Subway Map Europe this year are Supply Chain Risk Management and Order Management Systems. Equatorial Guinea.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

Europe has seen plenty of activity in terms of mergers and acquisitions, including the take-over of the major French family-owned company Norbert Dentressangle by America’s XPO Logistics. The logistics business in Europe is finally improving again. Equatorial Guinea. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands. French Guiana.