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Supply Chain & Logistic News (August 19th – 23rd) 

Logistics Viewpoints

The investigation was prompted by a complaint from the Dairy Association of China and will scrutinize 20 subsidy schemes from several EU countries, including Austria, Belgium, and Italy. Ireland is by far the biggest exporter of dairy products to China, having sold $461 million worth of good of goods to the Asian nation last year.

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How is the Logistics Economy Holding Up?

Logistics Viewpoints

Source: J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI compiles data from S&P Global and other sources from countries across the globe and weighs the countries based on annual manufacturing value added. In contrast, the overall manufacturing PMI for the Eurozone was quite weak with Germany and Austria reporting the lowest levels.

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Elon Musk Ensures that Product Development is Not Siloed

Logistics Viewpoints

I attended the SAP Spend Connect Live conference in Vienna, Austria a couple weeks ago. By contrast, when procurement teams are involved during the design phase, they can bring to light important sustainable sourcing information before it’s too late to make a difference.”

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Rittal, Electrical Enclosure Specialist, Confirms JAGGAER to Streamline Procurement, Increase Transparency, and Enhance Compliance

Jaggaer

From sourcing and contract management to order management, supplier relationship and complaint management, JAGGAER’s solutions support Rittal in optimizing its procurement processes. JAGGAER’s source-to-pay platform met all these criteria, ultimately winning the contract.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

15 countries, Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Uruguay and Wales declared that they will collaborate towards realizing 100 percent zero emission new trucks and bus sales by 2040.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. Other sources reported that DB Schenker was not the only forwarder making this shift. The free report is available in PDF with supporting spreadsheets and high-resolution infographics here.

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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 The consumer goods sector was contrasted with output rising for the seventeenth consecutive month. and thus 2024 provided a 0.8