Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Manufacturing Employment Impacts Across Europe and the United Kingdom , a significant period of production contraction has led to added manufacturing job losses. With government trade policies favoring more domestic sourcing of deemed strategic supply networks such as semiconductor devices, there are already indications across the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

Global wide production, transportation and logistics activity levels reported for February, but continued rather concerning data related to global transportation service levels and cost. Commentary related to January’s PMI and logistics data can be accessed at this web link. Global Wide Production Activity.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

United Kingdom. As our readers are likely aware at this point, a new Prime Minister has been appointed to lead the government of the United Kingdom , after former Prime Minister Lizz Truss was forced to resign after serving a mere 50 days in office, amid controversial and noted de-stabilizing economic and taxation policies. .

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SupplyShift

JANUARY 7, 2022

Both domestically and abroad, 2021’s labor shortages in logistics, manufacturing, and service jobs prove to be an ongoing issue. Ideally, procurement teams should be consulted at this stage as they are likely to do most of the sourcing and ensure compliance. After three years, little progress had been made.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

United Kingdom. There is also a developing understanding on what impacts there will be regarding supplies of key commodities that were sourced in both Russia and Ukraine. Business confidence reportedly slipped to a 25-month low while backlogs of work fell to a 25-month low. in June as business optimism reportedly dipped.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

and the United Kingdom. The December report further indicated that global wide manufacturing new business intakes have declined for the eighteenth consecutive month of contraction. Manufacturing job losses were reportedly registered for the fourth consecutive month in December, with cuts noted in China , the Euro area , the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 17, 2022

Across the United Kingdom , all eyes are on a threatened work stoppage involving dockworkers at the Port of Felixstowe , the country’s largest container shipping port. The Unite l abor union has already rejected an offer amounting to a 7 percent pay hike. A major sticking point is linking dock worker pay to inflation.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Output reportedly rose in China, India, Brazil and the United States , while declines continued in the Eurozone , Japan and the United Kingdom. We view such an indicator as clear evidence that sourcing for lowest cost manufacturing is again apparent among multi-industry supply networks. The February 2024 reading of 50.3

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Expertise: Sourcing, Supply Chain Analysis, Logistics & Transportation, Logistics Management Consulting, Freight (Maritime, Land, or Air), Logistics Technology Solutions. Dr. Muddassir Ahmed Location: United Arab Emirates/Remote Rating: 5/5.0 Matías Guarello Wilhelmy Location: Chile / Remote Rating: 5/5.0

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Material Handling & Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Over the last six years, several countries significantly improved their CPI score, including Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and the United Kingdom, while several countries declined, including Syria, Yemen and Australia. Source : Human Rights Watch. Source: UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau. Equatorial Guinea.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Industry vertical concentration includes Automotive, Manufacturing and Logistics industry sectors. The flexis acquisition follows the announced closing of the acquisition of Doodle in November 2023, a provider of first and last mile logistics support for customer returns processes.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2023

The WSJ , citing sources familiar with the negotiations, indicated that dockworkers have initially sought to double their wages over the six year period of a new contract. In the past few months there have been labor actions involving various European and United Kingdom ports. In September of last year, a U.S.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 25, 2016

On the one side there is the medical aspect, which calls for various specialised logistics approaches , and on the other, the hotel/catering aspect. Centralisation then, is all about taking procurement and logistics out of the hands of medical professionals and placing it under its own governance structure. Self-distribution.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Whether that is the case or not, a brief study of the origins and progression of fleet route optimisation, covering the last three decades or so and looking forward to the near future, highlights in a spectacular way how technology, in particular, has revolutionised the business of logistics.

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Jaggaer

JULY 7, 2020

Unilever has research and development facilities in China, India, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States and does 57 percent of its business in emerging markets. In 2019 the company decided to embark on a project to implement global dashboards for sourcing and contracting events. The Challenge.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

and China , but the European Union and the United Kingdom as well. The government’s intent toward rebuilding and modernizing transportation and logistics infrastructure has clear bipartisan support. Such actions are percolating not only in the U.S. This is when political and supply chain forces collide or come into alignment.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

18th, 2023, Source: Marinetraffic Since mid-November multiple ships have been attacked in the Red Sea by Houthi forces in Yemen. Judah produces the Freightos Group’s FBX Weekly Freight Update and other research on what’s happening in the industry from shipper behaviors to the latest in logistics technology and digitization.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 14, 2016

Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) are designed to boost economic growth through trade by opening markets by way of progressive removal of customs duties, eliminating or reducing trade barriers and tariffs, lifting restrictions on services and even through public procurement. United Arab Emirates.

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