“Shanghai Express” as an alternative to sea and air transport The existing range of container train connections between Hamburg and…
Stricter controls and faster intervention Customs will guard the export of goods and technologies more strictly in the future Customs…
Strong rise in energy commodity prices HWWI overall index rose 8.8% (U.S. dollar basis) Crude oil prices rose 5.3% Natural…
Interview with Ludovic Montécot No stone is left unturned when digitalization takes hold: Digitalization is revolutionizing processes in purchasing. What…
Relieve purchasing and release potentials The company builds large motors and drives for a wide variety of applications. Due to…
Our specialized consultants, with their extensive purchasing experience, are dedicated exclusively to the optimization of indirect costs. In doing so,…
321,000 electric cars brokered in August Registrations of electric cars pick up in China. In August, 321,000 e-cars were brokered…
Decision on OPEC+ production quotas The countries of OPEC+ will expand their oil production only moderately. To this end, the…
The shelves must be filled by Christmas Of necessity, Great Britain’s government has decided to issue 10,500 work visas for…
Effects of raw material bottlenecks The purchasing consultancy Kloepfel Consulting has surveyed 134 purchasing specialists and managers online on how…
HWWI Commodity Price Index Declines in August HWWI overall index fell 1.3% (US dollar basis) Crude oil prices fell 5.2%…
Kloepfel Consulting looks back on decades of logistics and freight cost optimization. Our experts provide sustainable strategies for cost reduction…
Price negotiations are particularly difficult when a so-called monopolist is involved. However, it is necessary to differentiate between real and…
Since more than 15 years Parcel Broker GmbH is specialized in the worldwide shipment of jewelry, watches, valuables and other…
Rising prices will lead to falling purchasing power Germany’s import prices rose by 15 percent in July. This was due…
Slowed down upswing Austria’s industry is feeling the problems in the supply chains. That is according to Bank Austria’s latest…
Joint venture for seating systems and interior solutions Brose and Volkswagen intend to join forces to create a leading global…
HWWI Commodity Price Index Continues to Rise in July HWWI overall index rose 4.1% (U.S. dollar basis) Crude oil prices…