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A silver lining: DOL projects manufacturing job losses to slow this decade

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) updated its 10-year job outlook in early December with prognostications that 1.5 million jobs will be lost in manufacturing between 2006 and 2016. The silver lining is that the decline is half of the three million manufacturing jobs lost in the previous decade. Read more

Safety in numbers: Software vendor forms supply chain risk management council

Manufacturers across most industries see the same issues as posing the biggest risks to their supply chains. That's the conclusion drawn so far from research conducted by analyst firm Enterprise Applications Consulting on behalf of New Momentum, a software vendor that specializes in supply chain risk management solutions. Read more

Parts planning: New SaaS offering targets midmarket service operations

MCA Solutions has introduced a new version of its MCA OnDemand solution, giving midtier companies faster, easier, and more secure access to service parts planning technology. Read more

A new lifeline: MES vendor Visiprise gains Life Sciences consulting partner

HCL Technologies Ltd., a leading global IT services company, has entered into a global consulting partnership with Visiprise for the life sciences industry. The agreement will include joint marketing, sales, and pre-sales services; and will result in the ability for seamless licensing, blueprinting, implementation, plant-business integration, rollout, support, and upgrade/migration services to manufacturers, according to the two companies. Read more

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