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Expectations for U.S. and Overseas Manufacturing

How supply chain factors, investment decisions and a new administration will all play key roles in manufacturing's near future.

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The Impact of Biden's Plan on Reshoring Trends

"Buy American" will borrow some strategies from the Trump administration in targeting China and fueling growth at home.

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Do ERP Systems Belong in a Corporate Office or Shop Floor?

Misconceptions over limitations, perceived fears over cyber-attacks and underused capabilities are playing a big role in why ERP systems rarely communicated with the shop floor.

In this April 16, 2020 photo, work continues on a bridge on the Interstate Highway 75 project in Troy, MI.

Beyond Virus Relief, Biden Team Prepares Wider Economic Package

A person walks past a shop offering the repair of electronic equipment and domestic appliances in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Companies that sell refrigerators, washers, hairdryers or TVs in the European Union will need to ensure those appliances can be repaired for up to 10 years. The new 'right to repair' comes into force across the 27-nation bloc Monday, March 1, 2021. The posters read: ' Repair - 24 hours'.

Europeans Get 'Right to Repair' for Some Electrical Goods

Chief Financial Officer of Huawei, Meng Wanzhou leaves her home in Vancouver, British Columbia, to go to the British Columbia Supreme Court on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021.

Huawei's Meng Back in Canada Court

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US Manufacturing Accelerates in February, Backlog Grows

Spirit AeroSystems' 2020 Consolidation Included Cutting 8K Jobs

Boeing's largest parts supplier also majorly shrunk its warehousing space into a new facility.

Workers wearing face masks polish bicycle wheel rims at a factory in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province on Feb. 19, 2021. China's manufacturing recovery weakened for a third month in February as exports and new orders declined, according to two surveys released on Monday, March 1, 2021.

China Manufacturing Weakens for Third Month

The economic outlook and renewed disease outbreaks abroad that have prompted governments to reimpose business and travel curbs.

Production personnel observe the filling operation inside the Incepta plant on the outskirts of Dhaka in Bangladesh.

Drug Companies Asked to Share Vaccine Expertise

"People are literally dying because we cannot agree on intellectual property rights."

A man walks past a 'Now Hiring' sign on a window at Sherwin Williams store, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Woodmere Village, Ohio. Massive fraud in the nation's unemployment system is raising alarms even as President Joe Biden and Congress prepare to pour hundreds of billions more into expanded benefits for those left jobless by the coronavirus pandemic.

Fraud Overwhelms Pandemic-Related Unemployment Programs

The Labor Department inspector general’s office says the fraud has reached "frightening levels."

Ayat Rawthan, a petrochemical engineer, poses for a photo near an oil field outside Basra, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2021. Rawthan is among just a handful of women who have eschewed the dreary office jobs typically handed to female petrochemical engineers in Iraq. Instead, they chose to become trailblazers in the country’s oil industry, taking up the grueling work of drilling.

A Few Women Buck Norms, Take Iraq Rig Site Jobs

A handful have eschewed the dreary office jobs typically handed to female petroleum engineers in Iraq.

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Texas Utility Sued Over Energy Bills

"As Texans struggled to survive this winter storm, Griddy made the suffering even worse as it debited outrageous amounts each day."

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Is COVID Eliminating the Need for Factory Workers?

We speak with an expert who says a lights-out factory is not an immediate reality.

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How VR Can Improve Manufacturing Post-COVID-19

The technology could be a game-changer for training, recruitment and process improvement.

The Tech Keeping Vaccine Production Rolling

A look at how pharmaceutical processors are utilizing new tools, including AI, to ensure production reliability while eliminating downtime.

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Man Charged in $15M Government Contracting Scheme

He oversaw subcontracts for the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

A man presents his 'green passport,' proof that he is vaccinated against the coronavirus, at the Khan Theater in Jerusalem, Feb. 23, 2021.

Vaccination 'Passports' May Open Society, but Inequity Looms

In Israel, home to the world's fastest vaccination program, a "green passport" is the coin of the realm.

In this Dec. 10, 2020 file photo, a woman carries shopping bags in New York. The nation’s largest retail trade group is forecasting strong retail sales growth in 2021 that could surpass last year's pace as individuals get vaccinated and the economy reopens. The National Retail Federation anticipates that retail sales will grow between 6.5% and 8.2% to more than $4.33 trillion this year.

Consumer Spending Ramps Up 2.4%

Many Americans who have managed to keep their jobs have also been saving money for several months.