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UT Study on Global Supply Chain Sees Reversal of Outsourcing Trend
The rush to Asia in the past decade promised major cost reduction for supply chains, but financial gains for many corporations have been short-lived according to a new study by The University of Tennessee’s Global Supply Chain Institute (GSCI). The […]
What Does the IoT Mean to Modern Manufacturing?
Guest Commentary by Scott Stone, Cisco-Eagle | @CiscoEagle When the Terminator movies hit the big screen in the early 1990’s, it was man versus machine as the human resistance battled robots sent back in time to eradicate it from the world. […]
President Obama Provides More Funding to Strengthen U.S. Manufacturing and Enable Innovation
President Obama recently unveiled new executive actions to strengthen U.S. advanced manufacturing, spur innovation and make the U.S. a magnet for new jobs and investment. The Departments of Defense, Energy, Agriculture and NASA recently announced more than $300 million in new investments. […]
Manufacturing Expansion Continues But Third Quarter Saw Slower Growth, According to MAPI
The nearly two-year upward trend in manufacturing has had a setback, according to the quarterly MAPI Foundation Business Outlook, a survey conducted by the MAPI Foundation, the research affiliate of the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI). The survey’s […]
CMAA Introduces Spanish Edition of its Crane Operators Manual
Manufacturing costs are now estimated to be lower in Mexico than in China. As a result, Mexican exports of electronics have more than tripled from 2006 to 2013, to $78 billion and Mexico now makes a quarter of all vehicles imported into the United […]
The Outlook is Positive for Global and U.S. Economic Growth
From MHI Solutions We often describe the global economy as a supply chain. Generally speaking, the United States and Europe are key consuming economies at the most downstream point in the global supply chain, while China occupies one of the […]