Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. tractor fleet and sourcing 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, according to the press release. Unseasonably cold weather in Spain slowed down the growing of peppers, leading to Morrisons limiting purchases to two per customer. That’s all for this week.

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MIT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 13, 2016

A research project* at the Zaragoza Logistics Center, Zaragoza, Spain, has developed models for […]. By dynamically managing inventory without compromising service levels, companies can free up these unexploited reserves of working capital.

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MIT Supply Chain

DECEMBER 11, 2014

When a disaster such as a flood strikes, the response can be chaotic as various agencies and sources of supply converge on the stricken area. A humanitarian logistics model developed by the Center for Latin American Logistics Innovation (CLI) improves the efficiency of response efforts by taking a holistic view of these operations.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 28, 2022

Practitioners, students and of supply chain management are likely quite familiar with Spain based fashion clothing retailer Inditex and its various retail brands including Zara. Further reported was the highest profitability performance in a decade in the midst of high inflation and disrupted global transportation and logistics networks.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

It is a field that requires individuals to have technical and excellent problem-solving abilities, which are vital in enhancing efficient logistics operations in different industries. However, you must be enrolled in a bachelor’s degree in transport or any area of logistics.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 1, 2015

Moving on to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week… XPO Logistics to Acquire Norbert Dentressangle SA. Fetch Robotics Unveils Robotics System for Logistics Industry. It serves both B2B and B2C customers in the United Kingdom, Spain and France. You deserve it. Talks on EU-U.S.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 26, 2016

Are you sourcing from different countries and facing logistical complexities? Let’s imagine that you are sourcing corn seeds from France and Spain, processing and mixing in Hungary, and delivering to Germany. Is your agriculture business dependent on what nature is giving you? Pressure to deliver.

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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. The difference… and the looming carrier threat.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Book Review: Logistics Clusters-Delivering Value and Driving Growth. Recently, Ive found the new book called " Logistics Clusters: Delivering Value and Driving Growth ". Professor Yossi Sheffi is the director and founder of Master of Engineering in Logistics Program at MIT. The Story of Logistics Clusters. "

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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. So three months after an executive meeting on June 23rd , an updated strategy was released, tracking a radical shift into a slimmer Maersk, focused on providing end-to-end logistics services.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

New order growth reportedly accelerated at the fastest in nearly three plus year, which is a likely indication that this region has become the new go-to for China Plus product sourcing strategies. Modest expansion were noted for Spain and Italy while the remainder of Euro countries “ remained mired in contraction.” import needs.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 2, 2024

Reportedly, logistics hubs built in anticipation of a long-lasting boom in e-commerce , manufacturing and other support needs are losing tenants, forcing building owners to slash rents and shorten lease terms. Greece experienced the highest PMI growth in the Euro sector followed by Spain and the Netherlands.

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Stord

MAY 2, 2022

Logistics providers have also been slow to adopt new technology. Here are five major challenges that companies continue to face in their supply chains–and the solutions that will help logistics providers prepare for the future. In fact, Brazil, Spain, and Japan saw the largest increases in online sales during the COVID pandemic.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

According to (Namulo, 2017), “E-Procurement is the acquisition of goods, services or works from an external source. E-procurement, which is known as ‘electronic procurement’ or ‘supplier exchange’, is changing the way companies are sourcing their goods and services. Namulo, 2017).

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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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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 24, 2020

Iran and Spain were highly infected. A natural starting point is the level of single, or sole sourcing, that is put in place. A sole source is a supplier selected because they are uniquely able to provide the materials or components, whether by virtue of intellectual property or other means of going to market with exclusivity.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

However, we discern some added signs excess inventories and of production sourcing shifts. Source: S&P Global, April, 2023 Highlights of Regional Reporting Developed Regions Eurozone The S&P Global Eurozone Manufacturing PMI® fell again in March to a value of 47.3 compared to the February value of 48.5,

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Elementum

OCTOBER 27, 2021

A Source of Inspiration In the constant chaos that is supply chains these days, it’s often difficult to find good news. One consistent source of inspiration over the last few years has been the humanitarian work being done by José Andrés. Andrés (now 51), an immigrant from Spain, is best known for his sprawling restaurant empire.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 8, 2022

The Q2 shortfalls were attributed to the company’s Shanghai production facility as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions that occurred across China ’s major cities during the quarter impacted the country’s manufacturing and logistics services operations. PowerCo will additionally locate a second cell factory in Valencia, Spain.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Counties reaching new highs were noted as Italy, noted as reaching a ten month high, Greece, Ireland and Spain. Report authors however, qualified that the domestic market demand was the prime source of activity growth. Manufacturing output volumes reportedly stabilized, after an eight month run of contraction.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 5, 2024

Further, the two prior strongest manufacturing output performers thus far in 2024, Greece and Spain , reportedly lost momentum in July. 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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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Of continued concern, manufacturing powerhouses of Germany, Spain and Italy each remain at contraction level PMI values. In the coming days we will scrutinize August global logistics, transportation and recognized volatility indicators to ascertain similar or contrasting indicators. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Nick formed a tight-knit implementation group with business users, and technologists used the backbone of SAP ERP to source master data and transactional flows from SAP and into Orchestr8. Change in logistics cost or production cost based on implementation, for example, accumulates with time. The results accelerated global adoption.

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 10, 2013

Sourcing domestically might be a better option in this sense because it is easier to work with local producers to reduce lot sizes. By Alejandro Serrano, Professor of Supply Chain Management, Zaragoza Logistics Center , Zaragoza, Spain, aserrano@zlc.edu.es.

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Elementum

JULY 29, 2022

As you’ve heard, massive wildfires have also broken out throughout Europe, accompanying the heat in southern France, parts of Spain, and Portugal — and they’ve lead to mass evacuations and abandoned factories. Assess current / developing vulnerabilities. Then you can work to address these issues as quickly as possible. Encourage innovation.

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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. up from a value of 53.7 in August and 52.4

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 22, 2015

But the world of logistics has not changed radically compared with last year,” says Patrick Haex from Buck Consultants. Logistically speaking the location of this manufacturing facility, which produces the Peugeot 508 and the Citroën C5, makes little sense.” Slight shift in European networks.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The reported PMI of Spain reached a two-month high of 45.7. Manufacturing output numbers reportedly fell for a sixth straight month. 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.

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Unleashed

MAY 22, 2022

Now all of a sudden we have grown from where we were to where we are now, and we can see that if we triple the size of our business again in the next 2–3 years, we’re going to need to have a far easier supply chain, and a far easier source of supply of those ingredients to ensure that we can actually deliver that growth.”

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

At the country level, Spain, Germany and Italy reported 29-month lows in PMI activity. Noted in the October report was that the sub-indexes of output and new orders fell at rates, “ rarely surpassed across 25 years of PMI data collection.”

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Velocity is imperative : Supply chain distances and times have increased a great deal (more in some corners of the world than others), and so have the challenges involved in getting fresh produce from source to destination before spoilage renders it unsalable. Sanitary practices must be maintained from source to shelf.

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Nevertheless, they offer possibilities for routes that may encourage domestic imports and exports as well as the growth of logistical activities. billion of its total revenue in the fiscal year 2014, placing it as the third-largest source of income in the nation. The strait measures 64 km in length and 13 to 39 km in width.

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Precoro

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Now Electra has offices in France, Belgium, and Italy, with Spain and Switzerland marking the next destinations on their expansion roadmap. Rémi Lelarge, the Head of Procurement and Logistics at Electra, shared their story of building a comprehensive procurement process with Precoro. It's one of my favorite tools at work. "

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The Lean Supply Chain

JULY 7, 2015

Actual Systems has successfully expanded beyond North America and penetrated Australia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Ireland and Spain.  Who are the top vendors ( called “Best of breed” ) on the market? Logistics Providers, like Third Party Logistics (3PL) companies, use YMS, after a truck leaves the Warehouse.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 12, 2023

On May 4, we featured for readers the industry breaking news that Flexport will acquire the logistics the logistics fulfillment operations of online retail platform provider Shopify. The firm is headquartered in Portland, Oregon , with offices in Ashburn, Virginia , Rochester, New York and Barcelona, Spain. based Livent Corp.

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Murano Corporation

JANUARY 19, 2016

It is used to describe networked value chains that can self-regulate, meaning that manufacturing lines can automatically trigger critical maintenance procedures, or reconfigure production to accommodate sudden logistical problems. It incorporates the Business to Manufacturing Markup Language (B2MML) XML standard.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 23, 2020

The figures for other countries are also impressive—42 percent in Spain, 41 percent in German, 39 percent in Russia, and 36 percent in France, as revealed by a recent study. Our consultants have helped many enterprises navigate the various processes involved in ecommerce logistics. Best Regards, Rob O’Byrne.

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