Industries > Industrial Manufacturing | SupplyChainBrain

Industrial Manufacturing: Page 112

U.K. Factory Production Hits Two-Decade High as Exports Grow

U.K. factory production reached a two-decade high last quarter as optimism about export orders swelled to the highest since the 1970s.

Politics Drive Foxconn's U.S. Manufacturing Aspirations

Foxconn Technology Group's plan to invest $7bn in U.S. manufacturing has touched off a scramble among three heartland states. At stake are not only jobs - but votes as well.

Japanese Smart Factory Represents the Future of Manufacturing

The top manufacturing facility of Toyota transmissions isn't based in Japan but in Durham, North Carolina. The AW North Carolina (AWNC) plant - a subsidiary of AW, which is based in Anjo City, Japan - churns out more than 600,000 automatic transmissions per year for models such as the Camry, Tundra, Tacoma, Sequoia and, most recently, the Rav4.

Maersk Line: Third-Party Data Not Affected by Petya

In an update last week, Maersk Line gave more information into the causes and effects of the Petya cyberattack, which struck its core business IT systems on June 27. Its damage took Maersk weeks to fully repair.

Border Tax and Nafta Exit Could Harm U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry, Study Finds

Two proposed policy changes - imposing a border adjustment tax (BAT) and withdrawing from the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) - would likely fail to achieve their goal of reversing the trend of offshoring manufacturing to low-cost countries and could potentially harm the U.S. motor vehicle industry, according to a new study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

072617 Border Taxand Nafta

Unilever Cuts Costs on Flights, Products As Activists Circle

Unilever is sharpening its focus on profitability by lifting prices and cutting spending on everything from employee flights to product ingredients as activist investors take aim at consumer-goods giants wrestling with slow growth.

072617 Unilever Cuts Costson

Water Reduction, Energy Efforts Achieve $72,000 Savings at Meat Processing Plant

Italian meat processor and producer Inalca SpA's projects to reduce water and energy use at its plant in Rieti, Italy, resulted in annual savings of 3.7 million gallons of water and more than $72,000.

Opinion: The Augmented Reality Boom Will Transform Phones - and Business

Augmented reality is frivolous, we're told. It's mainly for gimmicks and games. But an important transformation is about to get under way. Starting next year, AR will begin transforming enterprise communications, logistics, manufacturing, analytics, product design, training, marketing, field service and more.

Americans Want U.S. Goods - But Aren't Willing to Pay More, Poll Says

Americans say they love U.S.-made goods. They are less enthusiastic, however, about paying a premium for them.

072517 Americans Want Us Goods

Opinion: Distribution Industry Is Falling Behind in Improvement Practices

Yikes. No way. Holy Moly. Those are the top three polite reactions to the results of the just-released 2017 MPI Distribution and Logistics study.

New Online Platform Aims to Expedite Freight Remediation

Every year American manufacturers collectively incur billions of dollars in losses as a result of goods that are damaged during transport by freight shippers. That's why WeFixFreight.com says it developed its new standardized online platform, which responds to the freight remediation needs of manufacturers, retailers and 3PLs.

Three Problems in Manufacturing That Impact Productivity and Profitability

Despite the advanced technology now available, there are still three key issues that adversely affect manufacturers of all types and sizes: data management, inventory, and gross margin.

072017 Three Problemsin Manufacturing

Page 112 of 338

Featured Product

Photo: iStock/Anastasiia Yanishevska

How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

Mobile geolocation service for track delivery, cargo shipment and freight transportation. Logistic Import Export business (Elements of this image furnished by NASA)

Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

Franchise business e-commerce online e-marketplace or digital marketing branch expansion for growth or use technology to analyze product consumer data website management plan for sale service concept.

Moving Robots Site-to-Site