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Trends 2022: Manufacturing

Enterra Insights

The manufacturing sector covers such a broad spectrum of products and processes that any discussion about industry trends must take place at a very high level. One of the megatrends that has been driving manufacturing for over a decade is digitization. Manufacturing Trends. And the manufacturing sector overall looks strong.

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20 Years of Outsourcing Come Back to Haunt Boeing

Logistics Viewpoints

The outsourced R&D, in turn, supported outsourced manufacturing with over 50 key suppliers. Problems are likely to continue, Dr. Tang argues, because the current crisis is hardly unprecedented; it is based on the changes that Boeing made to its R&D and manufacturing processes during the development of the 787 Dreamliner.

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Tariffs, Trade, and Times Ahead

Enterra Insights

trade representative’s office finds that President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese products reduced Americans’ real incomes and depressed investment but didn’t increase manufacturing employment. For example, the electric vehicle and battery manufacturers argue, “These measures reflect a more assertive US trade policy towards China.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

The man visited Brothers Liquors on Old Fort Road in Fort Washington and bought 15 identical tickets for the same Pick 5 drawing and ended up hitting the jackpot, winning $50,000 per ticket. Full-to-bursting warehouses means fewer orders for manufacturers, which translates into lower levels of business activity and, ultimately, weaker growth.

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How Locally Grown Products are Disrupting F&B Manufacturing

QAD

There is a developing trend that has been gaining steam in recent years that has the potential to seriously impact and “disrupt” food and beverage manufacturing. Smaller manufacturers are popping up all over the United States, as well as in other countries, to process and produce locally grown food products. The Washington D.C.

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Exiger Brings Supply Chain Explorer to Snowflake’s Manufacturing Data Cloud

Exiger Perspectives

Exiger’s Supply Chain Explorer enables joint customers to rapidly identify risks within their direct and indirect ecosystems and supply chains NEW YORK, WASHINGTON D.C., Our continued partnership with Exiger is an example of the collaboration needed across the industry to continue to embrace the increasingly digital-industrial world.”

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The Future of the Trucking Industry: What it Means for Manufacturing

USC Consulting Group

In 2018, Wisconsin-based trucking company manager Boris Strbac told The Washington Post that “people don’t respect truck drivers. For starters, trucking is essentially the lifeblood of manufacturing logistics. How Trucking Impacts Food Manufacturing Supply Chains. Manufacturing Logistics, Supply, and Demand.