ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The introduction of E-Procurement: Price and availability are not the only factors to be considered in a purchasing decision, especially now that a strong supply chain has become an unmissable element for every company in today’s business climate (Namulo, 2017). Furthermore, e-procurement enables price negotiation and supplier evaluation.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 30, 2018

Every Friday on Talking Logistics, I share a list of supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention that week, along with some brief commentary and analysis. And just last week, the Blockchain in Supply Chain Alliance (BiSCA) was announced , with a focus on procurement, planning, warehousing, and transportation processes.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 24, 2023

Contract Logistics is a critical aspect of the supply chain that often remains behind the scenes but plays a significant role in ensuring the efficient movement and management of goods. Read More: 6 Logistics KPIs Attributes That are Essential ] What is Contract Logistics?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 13, 2021

By some accounts, the conception of the first FTA dates back to 1860, when tariffs between France and England were removed (wine, brandy and silk in one direction, and coal and iron in the other!) Decisions are taken within organisations, for example, by a procurement team, that affect ongoing compliance with FTA rules.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The ”end” they refer to – whether it’s forwarding, fulfillment, or platforms for B2B or B2C sales – remains fairly ambiguous, spanning an acquisition of fashion logistics company HUUB in September 2021 to an investment in rapid fashion production company Unmade. But what does this mean for shippers?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 29, 2021

France and Germany also extended their support with the supply of emergency medical equipment. France offered 8 oxygen generating plants that could be installed quickly along with 5 liquid oxygen containers, 200 electric syringe pushers, 28 respirators and their consumables. High capacity oxygen tankers were airlifted from UAE.

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Jaggaer

JUNE 28, 2024

Direct) procurement needs to be on top of this because the COO’s decisions could easily change the volume and destination of what you buy, and who you buy it from. If you are selling in France, for example, you now need to ensure that packaging materials are 100% recyclable. Where will new ones need to be opened?

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Organisation: Reed Expositions France. In today’s era of logistics 4.0, Supply Chain Event 2016. Date: 22-23 November, 2016. Location: Paris Porte de Versailles – Pav. 8, Paris (FR). URL: www.supplychain-event.com. big data and business intelligence, innovation is at the forefront of the Supply Chain.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 4, 2018

From time immemorial, military leaders have recognized the importance of wartime logistics. General (and later President) George Washington understood his personal limitations in the area of logistics could negatively affect the outcome of the war. ”[3]. ”[3]. did, however, have helpful allies.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Simonetta is born in France and holds a Master Degree in Industrial Engineering and Computer Science from the Ecole d’Ingénieur en Génie Informatique et Productique in Valenciennes, France, and has a degree from IMD. Beside French, Stéphane is also fluent in English, Thai and Spanish.

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Procurement Academy

MARCH 2, 2023

With 65 learners based in countries including Sweden, Bulgaria, France, Switzerland, Germany, the US, Taiwan and China, they have some challenges to overcome. After implementing several new procurement processes, Group Director Purchasing, Nicolas Robardet, identified a number of competencies which required development within the team.

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KEPLER Consulting

APRIL 5, 2019

Being closest to the consumer, providing quick and customized service at the lowest cost… many challenges that put high pressure on logistics networks and force players to rethink their organization. Oftentimes, the evolutions of logistics networks are done under constraint, for instance to compensate deficits of storage surface.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

Of added concern, manufacturing powerhouses of France, Germany, Spain and Italy each had contraction level PMI values. The report authors indicated that this was the sharpest decline in production since the initial wave of Covid-19 lockdowns in May 2020. Germany and Italy values were noted as being 25-month lows.

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EcoVadis

MAY 24, 2019

More than 600 CSR and procurement professionals, attended Sustain , the annual EcoVadis event dedicated to responsible purchasing earlier this year. And for the moment here is a peek preview to some key takeaways: Our Business: Logistics. Logistics is our key business. Stay tuned — the full video interview coming soon!

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DynaSys

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The company employs 500 people located in France and in China with strong competencies to serve the needs of our customers. In addition, the solution helped them to implement a complete and collaborative S&OP process with sales, logistic and financial departments to perfectly align strategy, budget and operations.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2020

The impact on supply chains is particularly apparent in the following two broad areas— shipping and procurement of products/components/raw materials. Ports in the United States, The Netherlands, Britain, France, and elsewhere have reported a drop in cargo volumes ranging from around 5 percent in January to an estimated 25 percent in February.

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ThroughPut

MAY 2, 2022

Procurement. At the distribution stage, businesses leverage smart logistics, including highly connected and automated haul vehicles and distribution centers, for distribution to warehouses as well as end-users. Pre-requisites for real-time supply chain planning. Distribution.

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Savant Events

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Australia, France, Switzerland, the USA (and individual states) and Mexico also have legislation in force, while the Netherlands, South Korea and New Zealand are among the countries with legislation either proposed or passed but yet to come into force.

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 15, 2015

The business is getting tougher as more and more professional buyers at Customer’s site are managing procurement and purchasing. 3) Logistics (inbound/outbound transportation, materials and finished goods warehouses). Operational efficiency is gaining momentum and will be key.

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SupplyShift

JANUARY 7, 2022

Both domestically and abroad, 2021’s labor shortages in logistics, manufacturing, and service jobs prove to be an ongoing issue. Ideally, procurement teams should be consulted at this stage as they are likely to do most of the sourcing and ensure compliance. After three years, little progress had been made.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

manufacturing and procurement activity levels, namely the ISM Report on Business Manufacturing PMI , and the S&P Global U.S. Supplier logistics were reportedly delayed because of raw material shortages coupled with sever weather conditions. United States The two followed indices of U.S. Export orders were noted as subdued.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

Affected by changes in production, procurement and distribution methods, warehousing has continually been pushed and pulled in different directions. Logistics services provider TNT runs a large distribution hub in Belgium. From a simple place to stock goods, warehouses have developed in many ways—function and form included.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 5, 2024

manufacturing and procurement activity levels, namely the ISM Report on Business Manufacturing PMI , and the S&P Global U.S. For this region’s two largest manufacturing economies, Germany and France, PMI index values reportedly dropped three and six-month lows. as contributing to a slowdown.

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SupplyOn

JULY 10, 2018

This is because it’s not until the goods arrive at the port that they are loaded into a container – usually by a different logistics service provider, the so-called consolidation center operator. Here’s an example: an adhesive arrives by ship at the port of Marseilles in the south of France.

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All Things Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In the Sahel region of Africa, political instability and corruption has run rife since decolonisation from European nations. Arbitrary borders were drawn without the consideration of who they will affect.…

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 2, 2024

Various industry supply chain and procurement management teams are obviously going to have to differentiate as to two different narratives presented in these separate reports. Besides Germany , Austria and France remained as laggards. This country’s PMI value slipped to 43.5 in June from 45.4 reported in May.

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SupplyShift

JANUARY 7, 2022

Both domestically and abroad, 2021’s labor shortages in logistics, manufacturing, and service jobs prove to be an ongoing issue. Ideally, procurement teams should be consulted at this stage as they are likely to do most of the sourcing and ensure compliance. After three years, little progress had been made.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 4, 2024

That stated, Germany and France, the two largest manufacturing economies, saw contractions slow, although Germany remains the worst performing manufacturing sector. Reportedly, while factory output fell, the contraction “ was the softest in just over a year and only marginal overall.” compared to an April value of 42.5.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Paris, France – 20 November, 2019 – Ivalua, a global leader in Cloud Spend Management solutions and its key consulting partner Kronos Group have joined forces to successfully deliver Purchase2Pay & Contract Management at H.Essers, a major logistics service provider. excellence,” adds Benoit Graas, Partner at Kronos Group.

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 21, 2016

SynerTrade, provider of purchasing software and apps for more efficient procurement procedures, is growing robustly. Catalogue System is an app which increases the procurement process efficiency, among other things. The apps play an important role in that, and the company has already developed 34 different ones.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 1, 2022

At the country level, Italy , Greece and France bounced back to 4-month, 2 month, and 3-month highs but remained in production contraction levels. Noted in the November report was that the rates of decline in output and new orders were: “.less less aggressive when compared to the near two-and-one-half year records seen in October.”

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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 Counties reaching new highs were noted as Italy, noted as reaching a ten month high, Greece, Ireland and Spain. PMI value in February, the eighth consecutive month of contraction reporting. United States Two indices of U.S.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 22, 2018

Opportunity Level 1 – Tactical and Logistical. The ideas above already offer logistical cost reductions and faster time to availability. The operation is more streamlined and life for procurement team becomes easier. One forward looking building company in France built a small house using only 3D printed components.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Of continued concern, manufacturing powerhouses of France , Germany, Spain and Italy each continuing to remain at contraction level PMI values, with the former two regions reaching 27- and 28-month lows. Ireland stood out as the only EU nation to record an expansionary PMI with a value of 51.5.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

However, France , the second largest economy in the region, reportedly reported the strongest weakening of business conditions in over three-and-a-half years. From a positive note, report authors noted softer manufacturing deterioration in Germany and Italy in December.

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Shipsta

MARCH 22, 2022

We're exhibiting at the largest logistics and freight procurement event in France! Come meet us at the SITL Transport and Logistics Innovation Week in Paris - the leading event for logistics professionals in Europe.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

The reality is that the Smiley Company, which is celebrating its 50 th birthday this year, created smiley as a symbol for good news in the newspaper France Soir in 1972. And now on to this week’s logistics news. At the same time, the number of suppliers in China that received procurement bids declined by 9 percent in 2021.

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