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Top Five Challenges for Automakers Looking to Mitigate Supply-Chain Risk

No. 1: a clear picture from supplier to factory — and all the milestones in between.

Siemens Top Five Challenges

America’s Massive Used-Car Inventory Is Getting the EBay Treatment

This startup is clearing the bottleneck in an analog industry — and catalyzing socially distanced car shopping.

0701 Americas Car Inventory

GS1 US Now Offers Standard Color and Size Codes

GS1 US now manages and maintains the GS1 US Color and Size Codes, a database that allows suppliers, manufacturers and retailers to codify product color and size, enabling consistent and efficient data exchange in retail.

Europe Finds It’s Hard to Say Goodbye to Low-Cost China

Already buffeted by U.S.-China trade tensions, the European Union has stepped efforts to produce closer to home in the wake of the global pandemic.

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Top Six Challenges to Establishing an Ethical Supply Chain

An ethical supply chain is only as good as its partners' ability to collaborate — and anticipate future challenges.

Open Text Top 6 Challenges

Is It ‘Lights Out' for Humans in the Factory?

Does the vision of a “new normal” on the factory floor exclude the presence of people at all?

0502 The Futureof Automation

Urged by Trump to Decouple, U.S. Companies Want More China Faster

Just as President Trump urges American companies to ditch China, many of them can’t get more of China fast enough.

Source: Bloomberg

Podcast | How to Break America’s Reliance on Manufacturing in China

The coronavirus pandemic has revealed the need for breaking the United States’ dependence on manufacturing in China and other countries.

A U.S. flag is displayed on a factory floor in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Photo: Bloomberg.

Black Businesses Need More Than Retail Activism to Survive

For Black entrepreneurs, calls to Buy Black have been a lifeline during the pandemic, but they worry that customers motivated by the Black Lives Matter movement won’t come back if interest in retail activism dies down.

Kimberly Smith, right, and Amaya Smith prepare orders at Brown Beauty Co-Op. Photo: Bloomberg

Watch: Is Manufacturing Coming Back to the U.S.?

Dennis McRae, senior director of consumer and industrial products with West Monroe, explains why it has become "very feasible" for manufacturers to shift operations from China and other parts of Asia back to the U.S.

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Ten Ways to Lower Your Manufacturing Costs

A good supplier continuously helps customers adapt product designs to manufacturing processes, while identifying associated cost drivers.

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In Manufacturing, Data and Materials Are Just As Valuable

Fragmented data can quickly create serious issues and inefficiencies across your business.

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

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

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