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Ireland's Supply Chain Security to lead agenda at The National Manufacturing and Supply Chain Conference

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

The National Manufacturing and Supply Chain Conference, the largest gathering of manufacturing and supply chain professionals, takes place on the 31st January in the Citywest Convention Centre, Dublin with a focus on sustainability, brexit, manufacturing, renewable energy, procurement, recycling and more.

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Asia, better brace yourself for Usagi! He’s not in a good mood…

Supply Chain View from the Field

From a US import manufacturer perspective, it may be good enough to assume periodic natural disaster disruptions and develop climate adaptation supply chain contingency plans. One idea: import manufacturers might diversify production partner locations instead of having all of their product sources in a single basket.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Stabilize in February

Supply Chain Matters

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® , compiled by S&P Global in association with ISM and IFPSM , halted a consecutive five-months of contraction levels to that of no-change. The S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI® had a February value of 47.3,

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St. Patrick’s Day is an Excellent Time for Supply Chains to Think Green

Enterra Insights

Patrick show him clothed in blue garments, not green, and that when George III created a new order of chivalry for the Kingdom of Ireland, the Order of St. Patrick’s Blue’ ”[1] Eventually, however, green became the unofficial color of the day thanks to shamrocks and the fact that Ireland is also known as the Emerald Isle.

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Ireland's Supply Chain Security to lead agenda at The National Manufacturing and Supply Chain Conference

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

The National Manufacturing and Supply Chain Conference, the largest gathering of manufacturing and supply chain professionals, takes place on the 31st January in the Citywest Convention Centre, Dublin with a focus on sustainability, brexit, manufacturing, renewable energy, procurement, recycling and more.

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EU-UK supply chains roiled by surprise tariffs, red tape, delays

Resilinc

Turmoil points to need for robust mapping of supply chains, rigorous analyses of alternate sourcing strategies. For example, retailers in Ireland—part of the EU—learned in the first days of 2021 that goods made in Ireland but shipped to and from their UK-based distribution centers are taxed when they re-enter Ireland. “A

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Supply chain events calendar Europe for 2014

Supply Chain Movement

Procurement Transformation Summit. Food Manufacturing & Safety Summit. Sustainable Purchasing & Supply Summit. ‘ISC’ UK and Ireland. Last updated on February 25th, 2014. 29-31 January. 11-12 February. Global Business Events. 11-13 February. WB Research. 25-26 February. WTG Events. 26-27 February.

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