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Procurement Experiences, Trends and the Future!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Check out What is Virtual Procurement and Why Should You Care? Where is procurement, outsourcing, sourcing, supply chain, and purchasing going? Secondarily, we will include information from other procurement professionals and procurement firms about their experiences, what they forecast, and what they are seeing.

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As Europe Rebounds Supply Chain Continues to Shine

MIT Supply Chain

Zaragoza, Spain, where the Zaragoza Logistics Center is based, an employment bright spot in Europe. The unemployment rate in Europe is around 12% and in Spain is about 25%, yet the current jobless rate for graduates of the MIT Zaragoza Master in Logistics and Supply Chain Management program in Zaragoza, Spain, is zero.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

US homes 8 retailers keeping Earth Day alive through a commitment to sustainability Ground parcel delivery costs reached a record high in Q1, although pricing discounts from carriers softened the blow, according to the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index. British supermarkets source peppers exclusively from Spain during the winter months.

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August 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices- Declining Momentum Accelerating

Supply Chain Matters

In our summary and perspectives focused on July 2022 reporting , we opined that July data reinforced a trending toward declining global supply chain production momentum. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. The two recognized PMI reports for U.S. Global Wide Production Activity.

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AIMMS in 2016: what’s in store for this year

AIMMS

We are witnessing a growing interest in prescriptive analytics across a wide variety of industries. A Great UI for end users combined with a powerful modeling engine. Recently, the company decided to purchase AIMMS PRO to roll out enterprise-wide applications and improve production output across reliable operations.

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AIMMS in 2016: what’s in store for this year

AIMMS

We are witnessing a growing interest in prescriptive analytics across a wide variety of industries. A Great UI for end users combined with a powerful modeling engine. Recently, the company decided to purchase AIMMS PRO to roll out enterprise-wide applications and improve production output across reliable operations.

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Considering the Impact of Brexit on Global Supply Chains

NC State SCRC

In a recent ISM press release , a “quick poll” of purchasing executives suggests that they were most concerned about financial market uncertainty and currency movements. This indicates a flight to safety, as equities are viewed as much more volatile. Secondly they were concerned about global growth overall.

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