The pandemic has left our world with new realities, we have to think out of the box to keep safe while working in the office, or embrace remote working. Coronavirus has made employers to rethink modus operandi of the current working environment and what the future...
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Improvements in Reshoring for Manufacturers
Since 2002, the United States have been losing massive points to imports, affecting the production of home-made goods. However, there was a change in direction in 2019 as the country witnessed an increase of 0.59% in the manufacturing sector. This substantial gain...
Best Practices for Reopening Manufacturing Facilities
With the readiness of manufacturing facilities to commence production in a matter of weeks, it’s important to emphasize the need to keep employees safe. Across the United States, manufacturers have been at the forefront of the pandemic as many shifted their focus to...
Economic Recovery of Manufacturing
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic activity of the United States has plummeted, leading to a high level of unemployment. The decline of the manufacturing sector has been compared to the Great Depression. Many are looking towards a V, U, L, or a W...
Post-Coronavirus: Why Manufacturing Sector Needs to Create More Jobs for Americans
2020 is indeed a year of realities for the United States, not just because of the pandemic. The year has successfully revealed all of the weaknesses of the American economy and the health sector. Due to rising labor costs and the overvaluing of the United States...
Manufacturing Productivity Declines in the First Quarter
With Covid-19 still ravaging the world larges economy, productivity is currently at it lowest since 2015. The manufacturing sector has witnessed series of job cuts and production hours reduced as a response to the stay at home and shelter in place orders in the United...
Will COVID-19 Accelerate the Adoption of AI and Robotics
COVID-19 is the biggest disruption the manufacturing sector has experienced in the 21st century. Unlike other forms of disasters that affects the infrastructure, the pandemic is targeting the human resources of businesses. This is why the study by Global Data is...
Choosing the Best Supply Chain Fallback Plan
At this point in the history of human race, we all have a lesson to learn about making plans. Manufacturing businesses are not left out of this moral lesson class; their lack of foresight by dealing with only a single supplier through the production chain. Not just a...
Small Business Assistance During Coronavirus Outbreak
Nothing has prepared small business orders of what is to happen to them in the event of a pandemic. In ways more than one, the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the viability, profitability, and continuity of small businesses. This phenomenon is not just peculiar to...
How Companies are Transitioning Manufacturing Plants for PPE
With the spread of Covid-19 at its peak in the United States and other part of the world, there is a need for ample production of Personal Protective Equipment. To meet up with the demands for PPE, companies are shifting the gaze of their manufacturing plants towards...