Manufacturing

Industry 4.0 is more than just a flashy catchphrase, and with a confluence of trends and technologies promises to reshape the way things are made.

Manufacturing companies have traditionally been slow to react to the advent of digital technologies and their related impact across the manufacturing value chain and operating model, and while there are a few manufacturing companies that have made rapid advances in deriving significant benefits from digital, their number is still small.

The various opportunities, the large extent of change and the elevated need for investments make the industrial internet one of the most important topics for corporate management.

Federal Reserve said Monday that industrial production dropped unexpectedly in May and hasn’t increased since Nov.'14.

There are no pre-existing oversea assembly lines that can handle the massive 84” and 55” Surface Hub's unique features, large size and weight, so they will be manufactured in Wilsonville, Oregon in the United States.

The fate of American manufacturing is back in the headlines, thanks to the bipartisan slugfest going on over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the massive trade deal that has become a source of conflict between President Obama and Democrats in Congress.

From the factory-of-the future and the Internet of Things (IoT) to big data, mobility and cloud computing, new technologies are unleashing massive disruption in the marketplace.

Jabil Circuit, Inc., a global provider of design, engineering, manufacturing and supply chain solutions, opened its Blue Sky Center in San Jose, California - the Center enables collaboration, velocity and innovative product development.

Innovative technology, automation, and colocation on UPS Supply Chain Solutions Campus gives direct digital manufacturer CloudDDM a strategic advantage as they set out to commercialize additive manufacturing.

The pace of U.S. manufacturing growth held at its slowest in almost two years in April, as a rebound in new orders was offset by employment shrinking to its lowest level in more than five years, according to an industry report released on Friday.

U.S. Census Bureau announced that new orders for long-lasting, manufactured goods in October increased $1 billion, or 0.4%, to $243.8 billion.

Despite slower growth of purchasing activity, average lead times from suppliers continued to lengthen in November, which extended the current period of deterioration to 17 months.

3D printing goes mainstream with Amazon's 3D printing store and it certainly seems 3D printing has come of age when Amazon wants to offer print on demand.

This paper reports on a recent survey of over 6000 American manufacturing and service sector firms on the extent to which innovators rely upon external sources of invention.

Why are other countries investing in commercially oriented industrial R&D fields while the United States does not? There are two key reasons.

Insights from a new National Bureau of Economic Research study on innovation in manufacturing.

With around $900 billion of waste in global manufacturing supply chains*, it’s clear there’s scope to cut costs dramatically and create new value. As manufacturing regains favor with economic and political stakeholders worldwide, progressive enterprises are exploring ways to work more efficiently using asset information, system integration and process innovation.

This paper documents the extent and characteristics of firms in the US that are outside the manufacturing sector according to official government statistics but nonetheless are involved in activities related to the production of manufactured goods.

Hope for a “renaissance” of U.S. manufacturing will come through new policy making informed by accurate data, not politically convenient distortions.

Markit Flash U.S. Manufacturing PMI™ - Manufacturing PMI points to strongest improvement in overall business conditions since May 2010.