Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

Morgan indicated in part: “ Near-term forward looking indicators also headed lower, most notably the finished goods orders-to-inventory ratio which fell further below 1,0 from an already contractionary reading.” Commenting on the July data implications, a compelling observation by Bennett Parrish, Global Economist at J.P.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A continued subdued product demand environment and added caution reportedly led to a decline in overall purchasing activity, lower levels of inventory and improved supplier delivery times. Austria was indicated as the worst performer, followed by Germany and France. The reported November value posted a six-month high value of 44.2,

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Countries experiencing sequential monthly lows were noted as France, Austria and Germany , the latter recording a 46.3 Likewise, consumer goods related industry segments would want to believe that inventory over hangs are being resolved and that inventory replenishment buying cycles are soon in the cards.

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Supply Chains Rock

JUNE 3, 2009

I still have bitter memories of all the T-Mobile shops in Austria running out of iPhones on the launch day. This article in MarineLog reported that "Toyota had to rent a boat in Sweden to store 2,500 extra cars from inventory.". Apple continues to hold the #1 spot. Toyota is also curious at #10. Sincerely, Sunil Motiramani.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Germany remained as the lowest, followed by Austria, France and the Netherlands. manufacturing and procurement activity levels, namely the ISM Report on Business Manufacturing PMI , and the S&P Global U.S. The challenge will be to ensure that excessive inventory overhang does not occur as it did in prior years.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

India led all other regions in overall PMI growth while Austria, Czechia and France were the bottom three contractionary conditions. Quicker declines in finished goods inventories and a softer reduction in pre-production stocks were noted. Further reductions in manufacturing employment were reported. and France being 43.1.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

India again led all other regions, while Germany and Austria remain at highest levels of PMI contractionary levels. We would add our observation that this is typical given the typical post Lunar New output increases derived from the seasonality of spring and summer inventory order rates.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Reportedly, destocking activities increased with finished product and raw materials inventories decreasing by the end of the quarter. Reportedly, with the exception of Greece , all other EU countries registered PMI declines, with Germany and Austria having the fastest rates of production declines. was relatively unchanged from the 49.0

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