The building of customer relationships isn’t something closely associated with the manufacturing industry. In fact, customer relationships are more thought to be the focus of hospitality and retail businesses than manufacturing companies. However, customer relationships should be a primary focus of manufacturing businesses of all types. This is because the quality of customer relationships relates…
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It was recently announced that Toyota Motor Corporation and Mazda Motor Corporation plan to buy stakes in each other’s company with the eventual goal of a jointly-built $1.6 billion U.S. manufacturing plant. Toyota intends to acquire a stake of just over 5% of Mazda, while Mazda will acquire a stake of 0.25% in Toyota….
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Whether it’s a Fitbit, Apple Watch, or other wearable device, modern tech is everywhere — and the manufacturing floor is no exception. But wearables in plants serve as much more than just clocks and health monitors: They also help increase safety, reducing hazards for manufacturing professionals on the floor; transparency, as employees gain greater visibility…
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Manufacturing isn’t well-known for its gender representation. Whereas women make up about 47 percent of the United States’ entire labor force, women make up only 29 percent of the manufacturing industry’s personnel. Despite this gap, women have made an enormous impact on the manufacturing industry, and a select few rose to pave the way for…
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American manufacturers quantify their industry’s health through the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), which is based on “new orders, inventory levels, production, supplier deliveries and the employment environment.” A PMI of 50 means the industry went unchanged while numbers above 50 indicate growth and those below 50 show shrinking industry health. Institute for Supply Management For…
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Walmart is a name many associate with inexpensive food and consumer goods. For years it’s been associated with offshoring to keep prices low, but company leaders are moving in a new direction. They unveiled a strategy to boost U.S. manufacturing and add 1.5 million jobs while introducing more products made in America to the company’s…
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The manufacturing industry has a long and storied history in the United States, beginning at the turn of the 19th century and continuing through the modern era. Though the modern manufacturing industry barely resembles the manufacturing companies of old, there’s still plenty of knowledge to be gained by learning more about the American Industrial Revolution…
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Having a machine go down, especially one that is critical to a process, is a very stressful event. Let’s face it – machines are what makes the money and every minute lost can add up to a huge loss. But being down is a situation that we in the service center get see customers handle…
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If you’ve ever noticed an autonomous vehicle out on the road, it was probably hard to miss the plethora of high tech cameras and equipment attached to the vehicle. Cameras, radar, lidar (light detection) and other technologies are used to help driverless cars see all of their surroundings and driver safer, but up until now…
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Foxconn, a Taiwan-based company that supplies screens to global leader Apple for iPhones, announced it will build a new manufacturing plant in Wisconsin — its first large plant in the country. In the Wednesday evening press conference with President Donald Trump, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, as well as House Speaker and Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan,…
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