Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Of continued concern, manufacturing powerhouses of Germany, Spain and Italy each remain at contraction level PMI values. Whereas the coming four months are generally viewed as a peak period for production and global transportation resource needs, we sense far more muted levels with added risks of excess capacity prevalent.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Counties reaching new highs were noted as Italy, noted as reaching a ten month high, Greece, Ireland and Spain. Report authors however, qualified that the domestic market demand was the prime source of activity growth. percentage points below January’s value of 48.8. for February compared to January’s value of 47.4.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 1, 2022

At the country level, Italy , Greece and France bounced back to 4-month, 2 month, and 3-month highs but remained in production contraction levels. Noted in the November report was that the rates of decline in output and new orders were: “.less less aggressive when compared to the near two-and-one-half year records seen in October.”

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Of continued concern, manufacturing powerhouses of France , Germany, Spain and Italy each continuing to remain at contraction level PMI values, with the former two regions reaching 27- and 28-month lows. Ireland stood out as the only EU nation to record an expansionary PMI with a value of 51.5. up from a value of 53.7 in August and 52.4

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

From a positive note, report authors noted softer manufacturing deterioration in Germany and Italy in December. That remains a troubling indicator for added supply chain momentum into the first half of 2024. Germany ’s manufacturing sector reportedly ended 2023 with signs that the worst of a long downturn may be behind.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

At the country level, Spain, Germany and Italy reported 29-month lows in PMI activity. Noted in the October report was that the sub-indexes of output and new orders fell at rates, “ rarely surpassed across 25 years of PMI data collection.”

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 24, 2020

Italy locked down the country. A natural starting point is the level of single, or sole sourcing, that is put in place. A sole source is a supplier selected because they are uniquely able to provide the materials or components, whether by virtue of intellectual property or other means of going to market with exclusivity.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Centralisation then, is all about taking procurement and logistics out of the hands of medical professionals and placing it under its own governance structure. The aforementioned NHS for instance has partnered with a large logistics-service company, which owns the distribution centres and transport fleets that supply NHS hospitals.

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