Jaggaer

APRIL 22, 2019

Earth Day (April 22nd) is a celebration of commitment to creating a safer, healthier and cleaner world, making it a natural time to reflect on the power and value of sustainable procurement programs. Procurement at the pivot point. using a total cost of ownership strategy) and identify key risks (and related costs) to avoid.

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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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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

In other words, last month’s announcement was a stay of execution, not a reprieve, and it’s only a matter of time before Amazon reveal plans for a comprehensive logistics network. Amazon is at the nexus of ecommerce, data, and logistics, with a drive to constantly improve their logistics network. Amazon’s logistics hiring plans.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides readers with a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series, specifically in providing highlights on reported August 2024 global wide PMI activity levels. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Global-wide manufacturing levels as reported by the J.P. This composite index produced by J.P.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides readers with a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series, specifically in providing highlights on reported July 2024 global wide PMI activity levels. Report commentary by Bennett Parrish, Global Economist at J.P. The bottom three consisted of Austria, Germany and Czechia.

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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. This isn’t just about purchasing power.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 2, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides readers and clients with a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series in providing highlights on reported June and Q2- 2024 global PMI activity levels. Germany, Austria and Poland were reported as the three lowest PMI activity levels. average reported for Q1-2024.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. On the slightly positive side, the July report indicated that rates of input cost and output charge inflation have both eased to 17-month lows. reported for June. The report authors noted the first drop in manufacturing output since June 2020.

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20Cube Logistics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

20Cube – a leader in digital freight forwarding from Malaysia, China, Germany, and Italy to Australia – has completely digitised the entire supply chain management process through our MyHub technology. This saves you valuable time and gives you detailed analytics to help reduce costs too. Customisable Workflows.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

What do the Germany World Cup Team and the Boston Red Sox have in common? As I wrote earlier this year in Is Your Business Model Safe? , Herman Woltjes, Shell Chemicals – “Logistics Execution”. But at the same time, supply chains are challenged by complex logistics, systems issues, legal requirements, and lack of resources.”

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QAD

MAY 23, 2023

The International Labor Organization reports that 27.6 ESG Regulations are Driving Investment in Sustainable Procurement Regardless of where you stand on the ethics behind ESG issues, you’d think consumer demand would be a clear driver for sustainable product development.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 8, 2024

By negotiating lower MOQs with suppliers, businesses can reduce the amount of inventory they need to purchase at once. Importance of Teamwork and Collaboration in Inventory Optimization: Successful inventory optimization requires collaboration across departments, particularly involving purchasing and IT.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

This action represents a reported 77 percent premium to the company’s closing stock price on November 22, 2022, the last full trading day prior to media reports involving a potential transaction. The announcement further coincides with Coupa Software’s report of fiscal third quarter financial performance.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

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

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This technology company is headquartered in Friedrichshafen, Germany. ZF transforms those purchased products into over 2,000 products. MSCN solutions provide supply chain visibility, network-based applications, and network analytics. They began this journey before the term “digital transformation” was even being used.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

They collectively provide evidence that the prior disruptions still occurring among industry supply chains, compounded by the latest manufacturing, logistics and transportation disruptions occurring in China, will have a longer economic and service level effect in the coming months. reported for March. reported for March.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides a further installment in our global supply chain assessment in the highlights on reported December 2023, Q3-2023, and full year global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. With the December 2023 report, global PMI levels have remained below the 50.0 The reported December value of 47.9

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 5, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides our monthly highlights commentary reflecting on May 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The reported value of 49.6 was unchanged as that of April as well as March. in April to 58.7

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Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 29, 2018

Logistics providers have discovered that sustainability in the supply chain delivers a good ROI. Most every company issues a corporate social responsibility (CSR) report detailing what they have done over the year to comply with the expectations of all of their stakeholders. Reducing energy costs often reduces GHG emission.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Rebounding freight volumes and the proximity of the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate are set to change the industry in 2017, reports Sean Kilcarr of FleetOwner. percent in an attempt to spur growth, and both companies have done the same this year, explains Dave Blanchard of Material, Handling and Logistics.

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20Cube Logistics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Saving Money With Managed Services for Logistics. Outsourcing logistics saves your company valuable time and money in more ways than you think. For one, using a company that specialises in logistics means you can leverage its network of warehouses and transportation modes to scale your distribution globally.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 8, 2022

EV producer Tesla reported a setback in quarter over quarter vehicle production and delivery performance. The EV auto maker reported quarterly deliveries amounted to 254,695 cars in Q2. That delivery number compared with the 310,048 reported deliveries in the first quarter of this year.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Distance selling has seen double digit growth in Germany for the past few years, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. In 2013, the German E-Commerce and Direct Selling Trade Association (BEVH) reports a growth of 22 percent, with a turnover of €48.4 But BEVH reports that only a meagre 1.6 billion on groceries.

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 6, 2016

14th annual Cool Chain & Controlled Room Temperature Logistics Europe. 17th European Logistics CIO Forum. eWorld Purchasing & Supply. Customer Returns Management & Logistics. The Global Procurement & Supply Chain for Oil & Gas Industry. Logistics & Supply Chain Conference. RLCON 2016.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

In our summary and perspectives focused on July 2022 reporting , we opined that July data reinforced a trending toward declining global supply chain production momentum. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. The two recognized PMI reports for U.S. Global Wide Production Activity.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

I will be speaking and working with clients in wonderful locations in Brussels, China, Germany, London, Mexico, Peru, and South Africa. One of my clients waits four days for a custom report. As a result, analytics are usually based on historic data with outputs having a one- or two-day lag. Digital logistics?

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and perspectives on reported July 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The July reported value of 48.7 The July reported value of 48.7 declined 0.7

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of March and Q1- 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices which reinforce a state of stabilization within global supply chain networks. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. That stated, the reported 49.6 but represented 0.6

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and perspectives on reported June 2023 and Q2-2023 quarterly global and regional PMI indices. The data further points to added warning signs that strongly suggest added contraction in the quarter to come. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of February 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices which appear to indicate some stabilization within global supply chain networks. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The reported 50 value for February was up 0.9

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SupplyOn

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The majority of the participants was handling invoice creation or processing in the accounting, procurement and logistics departments. On an international scale, we see that the country of origin or region of a company surely influences its financial processes and all related metrics.

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QAD

APRIL 6, 2021

According to McKinsey , many execs report that their companies moved 20 to 25 times faster than what they thought possible to build supply chain redundancies, improve data security and expand the use of advanced technologies in operations. Sustainability will challenge the supply chain with new materials, sources and logistics.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Often, we end up asking the partner in Germany or Spain or somewhere, ‘Can you air freight this? It’s a constant headache for our purchasing manager. Accurate data is essential for making the right decisions around purchasing and resource planning. Consolidated purchasing can help bring costs down, he adds.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 2, 2018

A slew of global purchasing managers indexes all point to deep supply constraints as this year's economy looks to be the strongest since 2011. A slew of purchasing managers indexes published on Jan. 2 from China, Germany, France, Italy and the U.K. A slew of purchasing managers indexes published on Jan. China Growth.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

Define your procurement response strategy. Many countries have closed shops for non-essential and discretionary purchases, and even where they are open, consumers may be cautious about venturing to the high street, preferring to shop online. This in turn could put logistics under pressure at companies like Amazon.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 27, 2015

How Can USMTO Reports Help Drive Manufacturing Sales and your Bottom Line? The United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) data report is compiled monthly by the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). What is the USMTO Data Report? Why Wenzel America Uses the USMTO Data Reports.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

In 2013 ASML won the VLM Dutch Logistics Award for supply chain leadership, concurrent engineering and aftersales service. The departments of Supply Chain Planning, Planning Excellence & Inventory Management and Configuration Management all report to me, which is 55 people in total. The company achieved a record turnover of 5.9

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