2021 IW 50 Best US Manufacturers - IndustryWeek
网页2021年7月29日 · The annual IW 50 Best U.S. Manufacturers ranks the top-performing manufacturing companies in the United States, and is drawn from the IndustryWeek U.S. 500 our annual listing of the top 500 publicly held U.S. manufacturing companies, based on revenue. From there, we examine six additional measures over a three-year time frame. Those measures are inventory turns, profit margin, asset turnover ...
How Trade Policies Led to the Decline of American Manufacturing
网页2017年12月7日 · It doubled to $162.3 in 2002 and doubled again by 2014 to $344.8 billion. The 2016 trade deficit was $347 billion, down from $367 billion in 2015. In 2016, China represented 38% of our overall trade deficit of $654.5 billion. As a result of the escalated trade deficits from 2001 to 2010, the U.S. lost 5.8 million manufacturing jobs and 57,000 ...
Lithium Batteries' Dirty Secret: Manufacturing Them Leaves …
网页2018年10月16日 · Once in operation, electric cars certainly reduce your carbon footprint, but making the lithium-ion batteries could emit 74% more CO2 than for conventional cars. by Niclas Rolander, Jesper Starn and Elisabeth Behrmann. Beneath the hoods of millions of the clean electric cars rolling onto the world's roads in the next few years will be a dirty ...
Six Ways Technology Is Changing Engineering - IndustryWeek
网页2018年10月23日 · Annually, equipment makers budget more than $814 billion on R&D and engineering – a significant cost of operation. Adopting data-driven engineering could shave up to 10 percent off these budgets, with the savings likely to increase as transportation equipment becomes more digital, autonomous, and electric.
Operations Managers: Rising to the Challenges of 2021
网页2021年1月20日 · Cost Management: This is an absolute basic, management’s bread and butter. Managers may face intense pressure in 2021 to further cut costs to ensure the survival of the organization. If possible, however, they should take time to consider which capabilities, skills, and production assets will be needed when the recession is over.
The Skilled Labor Shortage Threatens Manufacturing Sector’s Fully ...
网页2021年7月14日 · The Skilled Labor Shortage Threatens Manufacturing's Full Recovery, Says Study. Before the pandemic, 38% of manufacturers had trouble finding candidates with the right skills and today that number is 54%, said The Workforce Institute at UKG. While more than half, 54%, of manufacturers have achieved year-over-year growth, despite combatting the ...
The Dynamic Supply Chain - IndustryWeek
网页2012年3月7日 · The Dynamic Supply Chain. Moving from the 'integrated' to 'dynamic' supply chain model enables companies to view their supply chains as adaptable ecosystems of processes, people, capital assets, technology and data. Fickle consumers. Shrinking product life cycles. Product and service characteristics continually influenced by social channels.
Hit with a Price Increase? Seven Tips for Negotiating with Suppliers
网页2023年6月5日 · Michelle Liu, operations leader, is CMD’s lead negotiator for price discussions. Assuming a supplier comes at you with an “across the board” increase, here are a few approaches she considers. 1. Listen. If the negotiation starts off tense, let the supplier vent. By doing so, you gain a special advantage by showing empathy.
How Supply Chain Systems Integration Is a Game Changer
网页2018年7月3日 · Using consumer and company data helps identify threats and opportunities in the supply chain, so effective risk mitigation increases in both financial and physical supply chains. Additional sources of data, like social media, can be further integrated with systems to increase customer service levels. 3. Use blockchain technology.
The Future of Advanced Manufacturing: Design for 3D Printing …
网页2017年11月7日 · Shane is a technology evangelist and entrepreneur at the forefront of Additive Manufacturing and the industrial 3D printing revolution. While working at Within Technologies and Autodesk, Shane's innovation in technology has …
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