Manufacturing Insights

Bye Bye, ‘Buy American’ Policy Biden’s approach, like others’ before him, fails to stir any sort or loyalty, excitement or commitment. Carey Smith MAR 10, 2021 Most people who were born in America before, say, 1990, are familiar with...

CEOs of America’s biggest companies see recovery by end of 2021 72% of CEOs say conditions for their companies have already recovered or will recover by the end of the year By Audrey Conklin, FOX Business  The CEOs of America’s largest...

Retail Will Grow Dramatically First Half of 2021 “The supply chain slowdown we usually see after the holiday season never really happened this winter, and imports are already starting to grow again,” said Jonathan Gold, of National Retail Federation....

Visible Signs of U.S. Economic Recovery March 5, 2021| Author: Jay Denton Employment growth jumped in February, with 379,000 jobs added, a sign of a recovery emerging. Job gains in February showed a significant improvement from prior months according...

Industry Adds 21,000 Employees in February as Layoff Anniversaries Loom Gains were mostly driven by the transportation equipment sector, which added about 10,000 new jobs. Ryan Secard MAR 05, 2021 February was another month of sluggish recovery as the...

Making ‘Less Is More’ Your Communication Mantra People have a highly limited capacity to handle data—so why would you ask them to process more and more? Sean Fields Michael Sanders MAR 03, 2021 Over our 30 years of experience...

January 2021 Steel Production Up Worldwide Global tonnage rose to 162.9 million metric tons for the first month of 2021, a 4.8% increase over the January 2020 total. Global steel production increased slightly in January to 162.9 million metric...

Manufacturing in February: Rapid Growth Checked by Supply Hurdles According to the ISM, U.S. industry is still bedeviled by supply inconsistencies despite growing production and demand. Data from the Institute for Supply Management show that the manufacturing sector grew...

U-HAUL REPORTS ON ONE WAY MIGRATION OF TRUCKS LEAVING STATES California displaced Illinois as the state with the biggest net loss of U-Haul trucks in 2020, the moving company reported. Both Texas and Florida had the most net gains...

“The Rule of Threes” A timeless management principle that still works! I recently read an interesting article about a focusing technique I’ve used for years called the “Rule of Three’s”. If you watch for it, you’ll find it to...

Roxanne Baumann WMEP Director of Global EngagementWe are all getting lots of questions from our customers on tariffs. I’ve been staying very close to this, both for understanding and to provide clear answers to our customers and ExporTech graduates. On Monday,...

March 2018 Employment Summary Each Month our PR firm summarizes the US Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly employment report. We thought you would be interested March results. Indicators for March point toward sustained growth of the American economy. Non-farm...