Monday, June 1, 2015 · Jeff Berman
The PMI, the ISM's index to measure growth was up 1.3 percent compared to April at 52.8 (a PMI of 50 or greater represents growth), showing growth for the second straight month after five months of sequential declines, which had been in effect since October 2014. The…
Friday, May 29, 2015 · Rosemary Coates
In America, we are making great strides in advanced manufacturing which result in lower labor costs and higher productivity. We are winning the race right now…BUT… China is not sitting idly by and watching us pull ahead.
Thursday, May 21, 2015 · Jeff Berman
As the supply chains of high-tech shippers continue to mature and innovate they expand their manufacturing supply chain capabilities
Thursday, May 14, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
While the reshoring of auto manufacturing will have a much greater impact on the Mexican manufacturing sector, it will have long-term material effect on the U.S. distribution and logistics business, say analysts.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 · SCMR Staff
A new study, “Understanding Risk Assessment Practices at Manufacturing Companies,” uncovers complex business risks and disruptors facing manufacturers, and a pressing need for the industry to evolve its risk assessment capabilities.
Monday, April 27, 2015 · Rosemary Coates
The TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership and Trade Agreement) is at best, difficult to understand. There are a lot of arguments to be made on both sides of the agreement and it can be tough to wade through all of them and read the long associated text in articles for and against.
Monday, April 6, 2015 · SCMR Staff
The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI—was 56.5 in March, which was 0.4 percent below March and also 0.6 percent below of the 12-month average of 57.1. Economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector has grown for the last 62 months,…
Thursday, February 19, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
The epic-length labor contract negotiations between U.S. dockworkers and management on the West Coast took its toll among shippers of perishable commodities last season, but the supply chains of other industries were also severely disrupted.
Friday, December 12, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
U.S.-based executives at large companies remain bullish on American manufacturing, and their actions are starting to show it, according to new research by The Boston Consulting Group
Monday, December 1, 2014 · SCMR Staff
The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) reported today that manufacturing activity for the month of November remained in a good spot.
Monday, September 1, 2014 · Bernd Schmidt, Patrick Van den Bossche, Marc Lakner, and Alexander Rathfelder
Despite increasing automation, human labor remains one of the most important resources in any manufacturing operation
Monday, August 4, 2014 · SCMR Staff
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported in its most recent edition of its Manufacturing Report on Business that manufacturing grew in July.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 · SCMR Staff
Stable consumer-driven spending and a strong forecast for business investment bode well for the manufacturing sector, according to the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation’s U.S. Industrial Outlook, a quarterly report that analyzes 27 major industries.
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