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Slight Decline in April Global Production and Supply Chain Activity Levels

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At the regional level, improvements across Europe and in Asia continue to close some of the gap.” Europe remained weak with eight nations in continued production contraction. While a tick down in the new orders index is slightly concerning, the employment index showed stability in April. an increase of 0.3 reported for March.

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Added Signs of Global Manufacturing Upturn in May

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Rates of manufacturing contraction eased across Europe and in Japan. Other Asian Nations The S&P Global ASEAN Manufacturing PMI ® is a compilation of seven ASEAN nations- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar , the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand , and Vietnam. Although the May reading of 57.5 percentage points from the 58.8

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Global Wide Manufacturing Output Strengthens in March 2024

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One of the more important observations from the March S&P Global report was the following: “ Inflows of new work strengthened from both domestic and export markets, the latter reportedly reflecting better sales to Africa, Asia, Europe and the U.S.” U.S. Manufacturing Growth Shows Signs of Rebound The two followed indices of U.S.

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My Take: Metrics that Matter

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the course of the last week, I had a Linkedin comment from Dubai, questions from a team from the Philippines, and an inquiry from Switzerland. TO drive success, they then focus the individual functions–sales, marketing, manufacturing, procurement, distribution, finance–around metrics that focus on reliability.

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Ivalua Continues Momentum with Record Annual Sales and Customer Acquisition

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Empowering Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders Across the Globe. Nearly 60 new customers signed with Ivalua, including Danske Bank, Navistar, state of Alabama, Coca Cola Philippines, Millicom, Leaseplan, Ahlsell, Music Tribe, Parkland, SoFi, and many others. Hundreds of the most admired companies from Europe, the U.S.,

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November Global PMI Reporting Reflects Some Stabilization

Supply Chain Matters

On a regional basis, Europe reportedly remained a principal drag on global factory output, along with contracting output in Japan and the United Kingdom. This index is a compilation of seven ASEAN nations- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand , and Vietnam. percentage point increase from the 49.6

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October Global PMI Reporting-Continued Production Contraction

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On a regional basis, Europe reportedly remained a principal drag on global factory output, along with what were described as slight dips in production volumes across Asia. and Europe. This index is a compilation of seven ASEAN nations- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand , and Vietnam.