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How Data Loggers Solve These 4 Manufacturing Issues
Data loggers might comprise a small portion of the overall supply chain management picture. However, they’re an essential piece of the puzzle for today’s manufacturers.
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The Biggest Roadblocks on the Way to Digital Transformation
Automation for the sake of automation is the surest path to have your digital venture go down in flames.
May 27th, 2021
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How AI Could Be Manufacturing’s Most Important Partner
Artificial intelligence doesn't have a singular end goal — it covers so much ground and can touch every business decision if leveraged the right way.
May 18th, 2021
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The electric Endurance pickup at Lordstown Motors Corp., Lordstown, Ohio, June 25, 2020.
Lordstown Motors Says it Has No Firm Truck Orders
Jun 18th, 2021
In this April 27, 2021 file photo, an American flag flies over a Ford auto dealership, in Waukee, Iowa. Ford’s outlook for the second quarter is improving, as the automaker is seeing strong customer reservations for four of its new vehicles. Ford Motor Co. now anticipates, Thursday, June 17, its quarterly adjusted earnings before interest and taxes to top its expectations and be significantly better than the year-ago period.
Ford: Outlook for 2nd Quarter Improving
Jun 17th, 2021
In this April 7, 2021 file photo, a Waymo minivan arrives to pick up passengers for an autonomous vehicle ride, in Mesa, Ariz. Waymo, the self-driving car pioneer spun off from Google, isn't allowing a recent wave of executive departures to detour its plans to expand its robotic taxi service.
Self-Driving Pioneer Gets $2.5B to Fuel Ambitions
Jun 17th, 2021
In this Dec. 1, 2020 photo, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell appears before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Fed May Dial Back Low-Interest Rates Sooner than Planned
Jun 16th, 2021
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Apr 5th, 2021
American flags hang outside of the New York Stock Exchange, in this Feb. 16, 2021 photo.
White House Confident That Consumer, Producer Prices Will Ease
The White House points to charts that dig into two key market-based measures of inflation and show no cause for alarm in the medium to long term.
Jun 16th, 2021
Rob Bondurant, a supervisor at Great Southern Industries, a packaging company, loads up a finishing machine in the Jackson, Miss., facility on May 28.
US Factory Output Up 0.9% in May
The increase comes despite numerous supply chain issues plaguing various industries.
Jun 15th, 2021
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Artisan Robots with AI Smarts Will Juggle Tasks Without Human Help
Robots could help address both factory downtime and the shortage of skilled workers.
Jun 15th, 2021
The Governor of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, front left, and Martin Jetter, front right, CEO of IBM Europe, attend the official inauguration of the first commercially used quantum computer in Europe, Ehningen, Germany, June 15, 2021.
Germany Gets Boost from IBM in Quantum Computer Race
The new system is the IBM's first quantum computer outside of the U.S., where it has more than 30.
Jun 15th, 2021
The Nissan Motor Co. logo is displayed at the company's global headquarters in Yokohama near Tokyo, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Federal regulators have denied a union push to try to organize fewer than 100 employees at the Nissan assembly plant in Tennessee. The ruling instead set a July 2021 union election of 4,300 plantwide production and maintenance workers.
Officials Deal Blow to Union Efforts at Nissan Plant
It's been an uphill fight for unions to gain traction at foreign-owned auto assembly plants in the traditionally anti-union South.
Jun 15th, 2021
Amazon headquarters, Seattle, Oct. 2019.
Man Gets 26 Months in Prison Over Amazon Insider Trading
He made $1.4 million with the help of confidential information provided by his wife.
Jun 14th, 2021
In this June 25, 2020 file photo, the electric Endurance pick-up truck at Lordstown Motors Corporation is shown, in Lordstown, Ohio. Lordstown Motors CEO Steve Burns and Chief Financial Officer Julio Rodriguez have resigned from the startup commercial electric vehicle maker.
Lordstown Motors' CEO, CFO Out
The electric truck maker recently warned it may not be in business in a year.
Jun 14th, 2021
Rob Bondurant, a supervisor at Great Southern Industries, a packaging company, loads up a finishing machine in the Jackson, Miss., facility, Friday, May 28, 2021. The lack of workers has forced some supervisors to assume additional duties. Charita McCarrol, human resources manager at the company, cites the abuse by some people of the $300-a-week federal supplement for people who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other programs that offered extended support for the unemployed, with providing a soon to end financial staple. She also cited that for some people, a steady paycheck and benefits like health care, are not enough of an incentive to pass up the expiring benefits.
Unemployment Claims Drop for Sixth Straight Week
In May, the U.S. economy generated 559,000 new jobs.
Jun 10th, 2021
In this Thursday, June 25, 2021, file photo, the electric Endurance pick-up truck is on display at Lordstown Motors Corporation, in Lordstown, Ohio. Startup commercial electric vehicle maker Lordstown Motors says it may not be in business a year from now as it tries to secure funding to start full production of an electric pickup truck. In a quarterly regulatory filing released Tuesday, June 8, 2021, Lordstown says the $587 million it had on hand as of March 31 isn’t enough to start commercial production and begin selling the truck.
Lordstown Motors Warns it May Not Stay in Business
A recent SEC filing paints a dire picture.
Jun 9th, 2021
The World Bank building in Washington, April 5, 2021.
World Bank Projects Best Global Growth in Nearly 50 Years
But the 2021 rebound will be uneven, led by rich countries that could afford to spend vast amounts to support their economies.
Jun 8th, 2021
Satellites can quickly detect and monitor wildfires from space, like this 2017 fire that encroached on Ventura, California.
It's Time to Bring Tech Innovation to Wildfires
Four recommendations for smarter firefighting as megafires menace the U.S.
Jun 8th, 2021