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Nov 21, 2024 · As global supply chains continue to face challenges in 2024, a potential paradigm shift in U.S. trade policy looms on the horizon. The prospect of dramatically increased tariffs—up to 60% on Chinese imports and 10%-to-20% across all other trading partners, including Mexico—threatens to fundamentally reshape global supply chain landscape.

Dec 26, 2024 · 5G Can Revolutionize Manufacturing. Connected devices across a plant floor generate tremendous amounts of data that, if processed correctly, yield invaluable insights into product quality, production efficiency, and operational safety among other things.

Nov 18, 2024 · With the outcome of the U.S. Presidential election and the anticipation of new tariffs in the coming year, Roland Berger’s research indicates that nearshoring has shifted from a strategic choice to a critical necessity. Market expectations of significant tariffs could translate into substantial economic impacts, affecting operational costs and supply chain structures.

Dec 27, 2024 · The third quarter was a big one in the continuous improvement world as we named our 2024 IndustryWeek Best Plants Award winners and rolled out their stories in September and October. First came the celebration of 2024 Best Plant Hoffer Plastics, whose leaders spoke of internal transparency, standout on-time delivery and embracing technology.

Jun 28, 2019 · Increasingly, the iconic American planemaker and its subcontractors have relied on temporary workers making as little as $9 an hour to develop and test software, often from countries lacking a deep background in aerospaceーnotably India.

Oct 24, 2024 · A native of Belgium, Geert De Lombaerde has been in business journalism since the mid-1990s and writes about public companies, markets and economic trends for Endeavor Business Media publications, focusing on IndustryWeek, FleetOwner, Oil & Gas Journal, T&D World and Healthcare Innovation.He also curates the twice-monthly Market Moves Strategy newsletter that showcases Endeavor stories on ...

Oct 9, 2024 · “We don’t have the manpower, the engineering capacity, to go through the legacy portfolio to explore opportunities. For, let’s say, 5,000 components or products that we have to screen, I’ll need 300 years of engineering for one person to dedicate for that portfolio.

Nov 14, 2024 · With last week’s election of Donald J. Trump to a second term in the White House, the big question for the manufacturing community is what to expect in trade policy. On the campaign trail, Trump made higher tariffs, especially in Chinese imports, a centerpiece of his agenda. Supply chain and legal experts say companies should prepare for a different trade environment, but don’t try to be ...

Dec 20, 2024 · IndustryWeek’s manufacturing community delved into a wide variety of topics during the tail end of December, as evidenced by this week’s IW Weekly Reads.The Top 10 most perused content over the past seven days touched on topics ranging from augmented reality and Intel’s decision to spin off its chip foundry to why North Carolina is …