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New Balance Has Plans for Added U.S. Manufacturing

Supply Chain Matters

Athletic and leisure footwear manufacturer New Balance has advanced plans to build the company’s sixth footwear manufacturing facility within the United States. Commenting on the Skowhegan facility expansion, Joe Preston, New Balance President indicated: “ Manufacturing has always been at the core of our company culture.

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Strategic trends

Supply Chain Movement

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

Supply Chain Matters

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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Global PMI Levels in August Remain Sluggish

Supply Chain Matters

The August numbers once again signal a continued downturn in global manufacturing conditions as output and new order rates continue to fall. The three specific regions of concern are the Eurozone, United Kingdom along with Taiwan. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P.

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RS Integrated Supply Joins Signatories of UK’s Armed Forces Covenant

Synovos

About RS Integrated Supply RS Integrated Supply, part of RS Group, is a global MRO supply chain services provider, offering outsourced Procurement and storeroom Solutions™ to manufacturing, assembly, and process industry clients. o In some circumstances special treatment may be appropriate, especially for the injured or bereaved.

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Supply Chain Ethical and Compliance Issue- Volkswagen

Supply Chain Matters

Background Supply chain ethical and social responsibility, that which umbrellas ESG conformance, have increasingly become a concern for businesses, large and small, along with their procurement organizations. Governments including Canada , Germany , and the United Kingdom have enacted special legislation in these areas.