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Global Production Activity Levels Remain in Contraction at the End of 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Source: Various published PMI reporting, 2024 and compiled by Ferrari Consulting and Research Group LLC This same global wide indicator ended 2023 at a value of 48.8 At the end of 2024, global production and procurement activity levels are equivalent to the beginning of 2019, the year prior to the Covid-19 global pandemic. (

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Global Production Back to Expansion in January 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Source: S&P Global and J.P. manufacturing and procurement activity levels, namely the S&P Global U.S. While Greece and Spain reflected increased manufacturing growth levels, France and Germany recorded continued manufacturing contractionary values. United States The two followed indices of U.S. The January value of 46.6

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GenAI vs Predictive AI: Understanding the Key Differences 

Jaggaer

In power generation, predictive analytics can be deployed to help prevent outages, such as the one that occurred in Spain on April 28. Procurement automation: In supply chain functions, GenAI is being used to draft RFPs, supplier evaluations, and contract summaries, accelerating cycles and improving consistency across sourcing events.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Contract During October

Supply Chain Matters

Among the top performing PMI regions were India, Spain and Brazil. Report authors indicated that the October survey data indicated pointed to European manufacturers again trimming their materials procurement activity levels. Trending in international trade volumes were noted as continuing to weaken. level reported for September.

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Meet Exiger at Gartner EMEA Supply Chain Symposium/ XPO™

Exiger Perspectives

Exiger Launches Advisory Council of Industry, Academic and Government Leaders Meet Exiger at Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 19 - 21 May 2025 International Barcelona Convention Centre, Barcelona, Spain Days Hours Minutes Seconds BOOK A MEETING Increasing geopolitical risk and disruption require the leading AI solution.

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7 Rules of Fashion Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Opz

Zara who is the fashion retailer in Spain, has managed to get the attention from academics and the first case study about its strategies was published by Harvard Business School in 2003. Fashion SCM 2.0 However, there is one company that stands out. In 2004, Kasra Ferdows, Michael A.

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Freight Market Snapshot: Houthi Attacks in Red Sea and Suez Canal News Updates

Freightos

18th, 2023, Source: Marinetraffic Since mid-November multiple ships have been attacked in the Red Sea by Houthi forces in Yemen. Live map of Suez Canal and Red Sea, Dec.

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