SCM Rollout at Georg Fischer Fittings
Georg Fischer Fittings GmbH relies on a modern supply chain management system (SCM) which has helped to raise productivity as well as cash flow within just a few months: With the reorganization of its supply chain management system, initiated in collaboration with Wassermann AG, and the accompanying introduction of the planning and scheduling software wayRTS (Real Time Simulation), Georg Fischer Fittings GmbH has been able to achieve the long-term improvements in efficiency. Read more
Improvement in the Ifo Business Climate
The Ifo Business Climate Index for industry and trade in Germany rose once again in May. Although the firms have again assessed their current business situation more unfavourably than in the previous month, they have given clearly fewer poor assessments of their six-month business outlook. This points to a gradual stabilisation of economic output at a low level. Read more
Press the Button: All Systems Go
Chemistry and chemical engineering are focusing confidently on the future: this sums up Achema 2009, which ended on Friday in Frankfurt. On five days over 173,000 visitors from all over the world visited the 3,767 exhibitors in the exhibition halls in order to catch up on the latest products and technologies from chemical engineering, biotechnology, environmental protection and adjacent sectors. Read more
China Plans Global Leadership in E-Vehicles
China’s automotive industry is bypassing further refinement of the combustion engine and is instead aiming to blaze the trail for electric and hybrid vehicle technology. To reach this goal, the government is counting on massive tax incentives and subsidies. Read more
Purchasing Managers’ Index Soaring
April data gave another indication that the worst of the German manufacturing downturn may have already passed: the Markit/BME Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), published in May, increased from 32.4 to 35.4 in April, the biggest one-month gain for over seven years. Read more
