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Strategic trends

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Automotive manufacturers Toyota and Daimler recently signed a letter of intent to merge their truck divisions. This will deliver procurement savings and enable them to develop electric trucks jointly. In fact, strategic supply chain collaboration can go even further.

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October 2022 PMI Reporting Points to Global Wide Manufacturing Contraction

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Supply Chain Matters provides monthly highlight commentary and perspectives on published October 2022 global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Now, October reporting data reinforces global-wide contraction levels in production and new orders, along with manufacturing recession conditions now acknowledged for Europe.

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September and Q3 Global PMI Levels Remain in Contraction

Supply Chain Matters

With the closing of the third quarter, the numbers once again signal added contraction in global manufacturing output as product demand levels weaken. The three specific regions of concern remain the Eurozone, United Kingdom, along with Taiwan. This index has now remained below the 50.0

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2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Prediction One

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Truck and rail transportation movements across the Mexico and U.S. Manufacturing and Supply Chain Activity Levels- Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® ended 2023 on a noted lackluster footing. and the United Kingdom.

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Global Production Levels Falling At the End of 2023

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Global Production Continues to Contract Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® ended 2023 on a noted lackluster footing. Manufacturing production reportedly contracted at a slightly quicker pace in December, dashing hopes for a point of stabilization. and the United Kingdom.

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Relatively Cautious Global Production and Supply Chain Indices for February 2022

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The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. The IHS Markit Manufacturing PMI™ reported a value of 57.3

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This Week in Supply Chain Tech- January 19 2024

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Treasury Department along with governmental agencies in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and the European Union. location, facilitating delivery of lithium inputs and shipment of battery-grade lithium products over multiple transportation routes. governmental agencies to include U.S. Customs and Border Control, the U.S.