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Software Providers Step Up
Tools for remote monitoring, component specification, 3D printing and more are being offered at no cost to assist manufacturers.
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7 Ways to Stay Relevant
Some key steps manufacturers can take to help support workers and customers while confronting daily challenges and disruptions.
Apr 15th, 2020
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3 Keys to Digital Transformation
They all stem from a well-known and widely-utilized business tool.
Jan 21st, 2020
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Amazon Could Take Over Self-Driving Startup
May 29th, 2020
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UPS Adds Peak Season Surcharge
May 29th, 2020
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Volkswagen Spends $2.2B to Bolster Electric Vehicles in China
May 29th, 2020
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Meatpacking Union: 44 COVID-19 Deaths Among Workers
And another 3,000 have tested positive.
May 28th, 2020
In this Jan. 27, 2020 file photo, a worker pushes a cart past refrigerators at a Home Depot store location in Boston.
US Durable Goods Orders Sunk 17% in April
Though a larger drop than March's 16.6%, April's was slightly less than economists had expected.
May 28th, 2020
A Party City employee delivers balloons to a customer curbside, Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in Oceanside, N.Y. Long Island has become the latest region of New York to begin easing restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus as it enters the first phase of the state's four-step reopening process.
Layoffs Climb to 41 Million
Many economists expect the unemployment rate will near 20% in May.
May 28th, 2020
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Will Top CEO Pay Keep Rising?
It would take 169 years for the typical employee at most S&P 500 companies to make what their CEO did.
May 27th, 2020
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FDA Allowing Ingredient Swaps Without Label Changes
The agency said the change is due to the scarcity of certain ingredients amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 27th, 2020
SpaceX founder Elon Musk speaks during the 67th International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, Sept. 27, 2016.
First Commercial Space Taxi a Pit Stop on Quest for Mars
If Elon Musk has his way, Wednesday's launch is just the beginning.
May 27th, 2020
In this Aug. 16, 2019, file photo the logo for General Electric appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
GE Sells Iconic Lighting Division
GE Lighting has been around for almost 130 years.
May 27th, 2020
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Lockheed Scales Back F-35 Program
Lockheed’s supply chain struggling to deliver components on time.
May 26th, 2020
The Care19 app on a cell phone screen, May 22, 2020, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Contact Tracing App Violates its Own Privacy Policy
The Care19 app shares location and user identification information with third-party businesses, a privacy group says.
May 26th, 2020
In this photo provided by Cristobal Francisquez, his parents Paulina and Marcos Francisco pose for a photo in front of their house in Sioux City, Iowa, Monday, May 25, 2020. They bought the home after years of working in a meatpacking plant and other food processing jobs.
Meatpacking Worker Shortage Concerns Loom
Immigrants make up nearly 40% of the industry's roughly 470,000 workers.
May 26th, 2020
Workers and volunteers at Bazz Houston International assemble face shields.
We’re All In This Together
Three unique stories detailing how U.S. manufacturers have brought customers, suppliers and employees together in supporting front-line workers during the pandemic.
May 22nd, 2020
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Harley-Davidson Restarts US Production
The engine and drivetrain facility employs about 1,000 people and is preparing to return to full staffing.
May 22nd, 2020