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[INFOGRAPHIC] Manufacturing Innovation Hubs Revitalize American Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

Since 2011, the federal government focused on changing this paradigm and made American manufacturing a priority. Under the guidance of the Department of Commerce/NIST , they developed an infrastructure with dedicated funding to rebuild our manufacturing sector. manufacturing.” economic and innovation policies.”

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Manufacturing Day 2023

Enterra Insights

One of the clearest lessons learned during the pandemic was the importance of domestic manufacturing. As global supply chains snarled and essential products became hard to find, many domestic manufacturers pivoted to make up shortages. The importance of manufacturing has often been overlooked as the U.S.

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The Future of Global Trade

Enterra Insights

But as US trade representative Katherine Tai, recently stated, “We cannot just go back to the world in 2015 and pretend like these things didn’t happen.”[2] Although there is a lot of talk about near-shoring or reshoring manufacturing, global trade remains an important aspect of the global economy. It needs one, now.”

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

Business practices ought to become increasingly transparent therefore implementing green policy can generate profits, provide a positive social impact, and reduce environmental impact. Bhattacharjee, 2015). Sustainable procurement: consists of environmentally friendly purchasing that carry reduction, reuse, and recycle.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 7-11, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Source: Laurie Cus. October 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). And this morning, the Wall Street Journal reported that “China’s policy-making State Council has approved a restructuring of the country’s two biggest shipping companies, as the nation seeks to create a stronger competitor in the global shipping industry.”.

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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

Source: Dictionary.com. How will the policy be executed? I find that in this world of the global multi-national that procurement processes have become convoluted and increasingly complex. (In In my opinion, we have made procurement increasingly complex without adding value. During the year, I go to a lot of conferences.

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Quality Improvement in Manufacturing: Relief for Operations Manager

ThroughPut

Most importantly for ThroughPut, manufacturing and logistics operations in the industrial world are about to pick back up until Christmas. Trips to places like Iraq during 2015 made me realize how little people had, and how 90% of the world was in that state. For Europe, operations are now resuming from the extended production breaks.