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Global Wide Production PMI Levels Unchanged in February 2024

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Output reportedly rose in China, India, Brazil and the United States , while declines continued in the Eurozone , Japan and the United Kingdom. United Kingdom manufacturers additionally pointed to the ongoing Red Sea shipping crisis leading to added supply disruptions. The February 2024 reading of 50.3

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Expertise: Sourcing, Supply Chain Analysis, Logistics & Transportation, Logistics Management Consulting, Freight (Maritime, Land, or Air), Logistics Technology Solutions. He graduated from the Cambridge Academy of Transport and the Chilean and German Commerce Institute with a degree in maritime transport, respectively.

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Cooling Off Period Agreed To for U.S. West Coast Labor Contract Talks

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After multiple consecutive days of periodic ship unloading and loading operational disruptions that have impacted various U.S. In the past few months there have been labor actions involving various European and United Kingdom ports. West Coast dockworkers, and on an ongoing period of labor activism across global supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- March 5 2022 Edition

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Intelligent procurement technology provider JAGGAER announced the finalization of a partnership with TealBook , a tech provider that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to gather, predict and refine supplier data and to provide companies with additional product sourcing options. E2open Acquires Logistyx Technologies.

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2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Prediction One

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As 2024 begins, two of the world’s most critical ocean transit corridors, the Suez Canal , and the Panama Canal are facing threats of shipping disruption as global geopolitical tensions and terrorist threats escalate. Truck and rail transportation movements across the Mexico and U.S. and the United Kingdom.

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Relatively Cautious Global Production and Supply Chain Indices for February 2022

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Global wide production, transportation and logistics activity levels reported for February, but continued rather concerning data related to global transportation service levels and cost. Global and Domestic Transportation and Logistics Indices. Federal Bank of New York. The value of that index as of this posting was $9,279.46

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Coronavirus Highlights Fragility of Global Supply Networks

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The ease with which the virus can be spread, even by people who have never been to China, let alone Wuhan, was highlighted by a case in the United Kingdom. But even if containment has the desired effect, what are the wider consequences of shutting down schools, shopping centers, factories, transportation and supply networks?