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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. Thus, some U.S.

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The Evolving Supply Chain Skills of the Workforce

Material Handling & Logistics

Pero, department chair, Supply Chain Management, with Michigan State University. In fact, a study from 2009 found that nearly 96% of all managers and executives are extroverts. “We are hearing from our corporate partners who are looking for talent, that the required skill sets have changed,” says Cheri Speier?Pero,

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

GlobalTranz

percent, 214,500 jobs), Michigan (13.5 percent), Michigan’s 2nd (57,500 jobs, 18.6 The principal causes of manufacturing job losses were growing trade deficits, especially with China, Mexico, and other low-wage nations, and the weak recovery from the Great Recession since 2009. percent, 491,900 jobs), Wisconsin (16.3

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

GlobalTranz

At the trough of the recessions in 2003 and 2009, only $100 million worth of equipment was being purchased. So, its effects were probably a little easier to handle than the deep, sharp recession of 2009. Sources: The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) [link]. It was, however, slower in and slower out.

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DOT Gives $500 Million in Grants to Much-Needed Infrastructure Projects

GTG Technology Group

The TIGER program was created in 2009 with the stimulus bill. Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin are included in the grant. The six canal bridges in Lowell, MA are in various states of disrepair and a major source of inconvenience. Sources: [link]. The project cost is estimated at $28.7

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

NC State SCRC

“Today, we’re predominantly leveraging Databricks in a couple of key ways: first, the creation of highly performant and reliable data pipelines for ingestion and data transformation at large Second,we’re utilizing Delta Lake, which allows us to provide a single source of truth for our data.”.