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How Europe is Coping with Supply Chain Disruption

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Yet with the autobahns, motorways and highways largely free of traffic apart from freight, goods are generally getting through and we are yet to see long-term shortages of food and other essential items. In Italy, for example, approximately 150,000 agricultural labourers are from abroad, according to the Italian statistical office, Istat.

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4 Ways to Lift Manufacturing Productivity: The MFP Approach

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To put that another way: by the time a business in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan or the United States gets to Thursday they have produced, on average, what the UK needs a full Monday-Friday to do. Without complete traceability, a business can easily waste cash on uncompetitive pricing, freight costs or lost stock.