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Benefits of AI in Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

AI in the supply chain refers to the use of intelligent technologies to manage and optimize different supply chain activities, such as inventory management, demand forecasting, and route optimization. AI helps businesses gain greater insight into every step of the supply chain process, from procurement to distribution.

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Revisiting of 2024 Supply Chain Predictions – Part One

Supply Chain Matters

In the specific case of Germany , it is both. This prediction was our view that direct materials sourcing and procurement organizations by their role would continue to provide a de-facto presence and accountability for investment in and enhancements of supplier risk management and controls.

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Global Production Activity Levels Remain in Contraction at the End of 2024

Supply Chain Matters

At the end of 2024, global production and procurement activity levels are equivalent to the beginning of 2019, the year prior to the Covid-19 global pandemic. ( The separate HCOB Germany Manufacturing PMI ended 2024 at a value of 42.5 and thus 2024 provided a 0.8 percentage point overall growth in activity levels.

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Navigating the disruptive impact of tariffs in 2025

Taulia

Germanys debt reform announcement and the impact it has had on the interest rate on 10-year German bonds (increasing by almost 0.5% Very often, these scenario analyses are still done in silos by sales, procurement, and finance, often involving home-grown spreadsheet solutions. in just a few days) is a perfect example.

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“Just in Time” for Automotive: Enabling Tariff Risk Mitigation in as Little as 7 Days 

BlueYonder

For example, some OEMs in the past, like Mercedes-Benz, manufactured Sprinter vans in Germany, then partially disassembled them for shipment to South Carolina, where they were reassembled to avoid U.S. Enhanced end-to-end tracking from procurement to distribution allows organizations to measure and quantify the real impact of tariffs.

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Global Supply Chain PMI Levels- State of Muted Expansion at End of Q1-2025

Supply Chain Matters

Strong demand prompted firms to tap into their inventories causing the fastest drop in finished goods stocks in over three years. Reportedly there were tentative signs of recovery attributed to Germany and France , the two largest manufacturing driven economies. For all three months of Q1-2025, this countrys average PMI value of 57.4

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Trends in Logistics Technology, according to Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

I've learned that one doesn't have to remind Germany about your EDI orders. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Do not have excess to Sell / Produce These 2 Golden Rules can be the foundation of keeping optimal inventory levels and for organizations to achieve the same.