What Manufacturing Indicators Are Saying
I belong to a number of manufacturing associations and subscribe to their monthly newsletters. Most provide a monthly synopsis of key manufacturing indicators. Here’s a summary from a cross-section of informed views. All in all, this has been a...
Read moreU.S. Manufacturing Is Recovering On a Wide Scale
US Machine Tooling Industry In Strong Recovery U.S. manufacturing is recovering on a wide scale. Domestic machine shops and other manufacturers ordered $446.8 million worth of new capital goods during December 2017, bringing total new orders for the 12-month...
Read moreRevenue Growth Expected In 2018
81% of manufacturers expect revenue growth in 2018 According to Material Handling & Logistics magazine, 2018 is looking good for manufacturing revenue growth. A recent survey of manufacturers by The 2018 Leading Edge Alliance (LEA) National Manufacturing Outlook Survey found that...
Read moreManufacturing Job Gains
U.S. job gains exceeded expectations in January, with the country adding 200,000 total nonfarm jobs, a significant uptick from the approximately 160,000 new positions created in December 2017. Bloomberg economists had predicted job gains of 180,000. The manufacturing sector...
Read moreAccelerate Culture Change
Accelerate Culture Change! The most asked question about culture change is how long will it take? When will we have the culture we want? A multitude of factors can influence the speed of culture change and there are things...
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