Tag: Supply chains
America’s rivers are drying up – threatening supply chains and tourism
new York The ongoing drought threatens the most important waterways in the USA: Logistics on the Mississippi, the most important American transport river, is in danger for the second year…
Companies with broad supply chains are more successful
semiconductor manufacturing According to the study, companies are also more successful from an economic point of view if they diversify their supply chains. (Photo: obs) Berlin The “if” has been…
Companies with broad supply chains are more successful
semiconductor manufacturing According to the study, companies are also more successful from an economic point of view if they diversify their supply chains. (Photo: obs) Berlin The “if” has been…
Companies with broad supply chains are more successful
semiconductor manufacturing According to the study, companies are also more successful from an economic point of view if they diversify their supply chains. (Photo: obs) Berlin The “if” has been…
“Greed inflation” in industry? “Only a few have increased their prices disproportionately”
BASF acetylene plant in Ludwigshafen In the Group’s basic chemicals business, prices are already falling sharply. (Photo: BASF SE) Dusseldorf Exactly one year ago, chemical companies were still bursting with…
What Scholz can learn in Japan for the turning point
Olaf Scholz upon his arrival in Hiroshima At the G7 summit, the Federal Chancellor wants to address the issue of economic security with the other participants. (Photo: dpa) Hiroshima, Brussels…
What Scholz can learn in Japan for the turning point
Olaf Scholz upon his arrival in Hiroshima At the G7 summit, the Federal Chancellor wants to address the issue of economic security with the other participants. (Photo: dpa) Hiroshima, Brussels…
Why Taiwan’s TSMC is struggling with a Europe factory
Taipei, Tokyo Germany will probably have to be patient when it comes to choosing the location for the new European plant of the Taiwanese chip giant TSMC. Taiwanese media are…
Luxury strategies lead to the gentrification of the economy
Pedestrians in front of a Louis Vuitton store in London More and more people spend money on the luxury products of the LVMH group. (Photo: Reuters) More and more money…
Start-up Integrity Next receives new capital
Munich Transparency in supply chains is becoming increasingly important for companies in view of their own climate and sustainability goals and regulatory requirements. “It’s no longer enough to just select…
Why the Dax companies are skeptical about the future
Dusseldorf Germany’s largest listed companies are presenting strong balance sheets these days. With almost 120 billion euros, the 40 Dax companies earned almost as much in 2022 as in the…
Commodity traders make record profits in 2022
Zurich The large swings in the prices of oil, gas, coal and industrial metals are creating historic gains for commodity traders. The industry generated its highest-ever gross revenue of $115…
The end of the container cartels – Why Maersk and MSC are breaking their alliance
MSC and Maersk The two shipping giants end their alliance. (Photo: Bloomberg, Montage) Singapore The steel box of the Swiss shipping company MSC floats almost silently over the deck of…
Why manufacturers and suppliers need mediators
Production of electric vehicles at Volkswagen Car manufacturers are skeptical as to whether all of the cost increases cited by suppliers are justified. (Photo: IMAGO/Kirchner Media) Dusseldorf, Stuttgart The difficult…
The reduction in bureaucracy planned by Brussels is becoming a dream
The author Rainer Kirchdörfer is on the board of the Foundation for Family Businesses and Politics. (Photo: IMAGO/Monasse Th/Andia.fr, Marco Urban ) A few years ago, former Bavarian Prime Minister…
Resourceful Russians are countering sanctions with their own supply chains
Moscow Many young Russians have fled the country as a result of sanctions that have largely cut the country off from the global economy. For Viktoria Shelanova, a 37-year-old social…
WEF President Börge Brende sees Europe “as a comeback kid”
Frankfurt Everything should be the same as before the pandemic. The meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss ski resort of Davos will take place again in…
WEF President Borge Brende sees Europe “as a comeback kid”
Frankfurt Everything should be the same as before the pandemic. The meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss ski resort of Davos will take place again in…
Car manufacturers and suppliers facing a challenging fiscal year
car production The order books of the car manufacturers, which are well filled as a result of the lack of chips, will be processed in 2023. (Photo: Imago) Dusseldorf, Stuttgart…
Can technology save the world?
Good morning dear readers, If you want to know how the state of mind of mankind is at the moment, you should drive to the Nevada desert. There, in the…