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Labor Strike Targeting the Three U.S. Automakers- Update Two

Supply Chain Matters

Some progress has been disclosed, specifically that Ford has agreed to reinstate cost-of-living wage adjustments that were eliminated in 2009, along with what is described as an enhanced profit sharing element to wage structure. He has further been a former faculty member at the University of Michigan. Specifically for the U.S.

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The Evolving Supply Chain Skills of the Workforce

Material Handling & Logistics

Robotics, Big Data manipulation, machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques are enabling machines to match or outperform humans in a range of work activities, including ones requiring cognitive capabilities,” explains Richard E. “We Pero, department chair, Supply Chain Management, with Michigan State University.

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Using Big Data to Drive Manufacturing Sales: 3 Big Takeaways from the USMTO Reports

GlobalTranz

The United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) data report is compiled monthly by the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). What is the USMTO Data Report? The full data set is reported by eligible equipment builders and distributors and is provided to all participants in the program at no cost.

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[INFOGRAPHIC, REPORT, & INTERACTIVE MAP] The US Manufacturing Workforce & Making it In America

GlobalTranz

congressional district data for the first time.) The data shows that U.S. percent, 214,500 jobs), Michigan (13.5 percent), Michigan’s 2nd (57,500 jobs, 18.6 This report updates an earlier EPI report but includes U.S. The top 10 states ranked by manufacturing’s share of total state employment in 2013 are Indiana (16.8

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“Culture eats strategy for breakfast”: The argument for creating an analytics culture

NC State SCRC

Today’s executives may want to give this old adage a closer look because empirical data continues to underscore just how important culture is to the performance of a firm. Having worked with data as a software and data engineer since the early 1990s, I find these definitions to beaccurate.