Manufacturing companies double commitments

U.S. Manufacturing

The following story was originally published by Axios Companies have committed more than $200 billion to U.S. manufacturing projects as President Biden’s “effort to spark a new industrial revolution gains momentum,” according to a new Financial Times report. Why it matters: “The investment in semiconductor and clean tech investments is almost double the commitments made …

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Weekly Wrap For April 14, 2023

 Dr. Chris Kuehl discusses current conditions in manufacturing including excess inventory that is dampening demand which may last into the third quarter. Then conditions reflected in the ASIS report show a likely improvement for Q4.  Anthony Nieves, Committee Chair for the ISM’s Services Report on Business® discusses the Services sectors in detail. Only …

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Weekly Wrap Up For April 7, 2023

 Anthony Nieves, Committee Chair for the ISM’s Services Report on Business® discusses the Services sectors in detail. Only on Manufacturing Talk Radio.  Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in March for the fifth consecutive month following a 28-month period of growth, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report …

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March 2023 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®

Manufacturing ISM Report On Business

Manufacturing PMI® at 46.3% New Orders and Production Contracting Backlogs Contracting Supplier Deliveries Faster Raw Materials Inventories Contracting; Customers’ Inventories Too Low Prices Decreasing; Exports and Imports Contracting (Tempe, Arizona) — Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in March for the fifth consecutive month following a 28-month period of growth, say the nation’s supply …

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Weekly Wrap Up For March 24, 2023

 Nick Iacovella, Senior Vice President for Public Affairs and Communications at the Coalition for a Prosperous America shares alarming information about how and where many generic prescription drugs are manufactured that can represent a danger to your health instead of an effective treatment.  Dr. Chris Kuehl, Managing Partner of Armada Corporate Intelligence, discusses …

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North American Outlook – Inflation Is The Focus

This article originally appeared in the March issue of Manufacturing Outlook. For a limited time we are offering a FREE subscription to Manufacturing Outlook, our monthly manufacturing newsletter. For more details, Click Here.   by Chris Kuehl I suppose I have offered the same definition of an economist about a thousand times by now.  “Somebody …

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Weekly Wrap Up For March 17, 2023

 Dr. Chris Kuehl, Managing Partner of Armada Corporate Intelligence, discusses the status of U.S. banks, what caused the Silicon Valley Bank failure, and the health of manufacturing in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.  Mike Babiak, Director of Supply Chain Technology Strategy talks about robotics in general, how it is part of the automation …

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Job Quality Index Edges Up Slightly as High and Low Quality Jobs Rise

Job Quality Index

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) edged up by a tiny 0.016% in January to 84.11 as high-quality and low-quality jobs each rose in the month. Hospital jobs rose by 12,000 to 4.821 million while full-service restaurant employment rose by 31,000 …

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Weekly Wrap Up For March 10, 2023

 Mike Babiak, Director of Supply Chain Technology Strategy talks about robotics in general, how it is part of the automation conversation, and ways they can be affordable for supply chain operations. Energy Outlook – Small-Scale Nuclear Power Rolls-Royce is evaluating potential sites in the UK, specifically England and Wales, for its Small Modular Reactor …

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Why Robotics Are Stuck in Neutral Without the Right Intelligent Human Labor Management Solution

By Mike Babiak Throughout the industrial world and across every continent, businesses are making significant investments in robotics and automation.  According to the McKinsey Global Industrial Robotics Survey, automated systems will account for 25% of capital spending over the next five years1.  Many of these businesses believe that robotics-driven automation systems will drive major benefits …

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