Eine aktuelle Umfrage des Einkäuferverbandes zum Ukraine-Krieg ergab, dass ein möglicher Energiestopp die deutsche Wirtschaft zwar stark gefährden würde, langfristig aber eine Chance für nachhaltigere Energien sein könnte.

Latest S&P Global/BME Purchasing Managers Index (EMI): Slower rises in output and new orders as export sales fall +++ Input cost inflation accelerates amid fresh supply disruption +++ Business expectations sink to lowest since May 2020 +++

BME: Over the next three weeks, German buyers will meet with potential suppliers from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia for B2B discussions.

+++ Sharp rise in backlogs as growth in new orders outstrips output Factory cost inflation slips further from recent highs Lowest incidence of supply delays since November 2020 +++

Führende Einkäufer diskutierten in der Hauptstadt mit Vertretern aus Politik und Verwaltung +++ Gelungener Auftakt zu mehr politischer Verbandsarbeit des BME +++ Weitere Runden noch 2022 geplant

PMI at five-month high, buoyed by faster rises in output and new orders +++ Pace of job creation also accelerates as expectations improve +++ Cost inflation slips to nine-month low amid further easing of supply crunch +++

Output growth ticks up as incidence of lengthening input lead times falls +++ Input costs and output prices rise sharply, but rates of inflation ease +++ Faster rise in employment as business expectations strengthen slightly +++

Input shortages hold back output and, to a lesser extent, new orders +++ Rising energy costs help drive new record increase in output prices +++ Business expectations improve for first time in five months

56th Symposium on Purchasing and Logistics DIGITAL ended on 10 November after three days. Under the event motto "#newhorizons", 900 participants discussed the opportunities and risks of current and future procurement strategies on a virtual platform.

The management of sustainable supply chains still has "room to grow" in some companies. Sustainability in supply chains is not always implemented on the basis of a concrete strategy and with defined responsibilities.