Manufacturing

New report outlines trends in manufacturing and the current hiring landscape, as well as strategies to maintain full employment.

At thousands of events, manufacturers open their doors and minds to show students, teachers and parents the truths about modern manufacturing.

More than 250 students projected to attend from across Southern Tier of New York State.

Gold edition robot presented to customer Kay Manufacturing at IMTS in Chicago.

Walmart to sponsor efforts to promote modern manufacturing and jumpstart new approaches to growing manufacturing talent.

As they embrace the fourth industrial revolution, organizations and their supply chains face plenty of challenges and opportunities.

The report’s key metric, the PMI, headed up 3.2% to 61.3 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth) and has now grown for 24 consecutive months, with the overall economy now having grown for 112 months. The August PMI marks its highest reading over the last 12 months and is 2% above the 12-month average of 59.3.

30 million SMBs account for two-thirds of new private sector jobs.

The latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report from AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology showed that orders totaled $417 million for the month, down 14% compared to May’s totals, and sit at $2.55 billion for the year.

NAM’s Council of Manufacturing Associations Includes PMMI in Inaugural List of Best Manufacturing Associations to Work For

Rapid convergence of enterprise information technology and operational technology networks contribute.

Manufacturing execution systems are all about production management. Now with e-commerce driving more fulfillment straight from factories, leaner order cycles and more manufacturing taking place in warehouses, a couple of key MES trends are at play. Find out how these trends are bringing the MES and WMS worlds closer together.

A.T. Kearney's Reshoring Index finds that imports are at an all-time high

Acquisition expands rugged mobile offerings in vertical markets such as retail, manufacturing, transportation, logistics and healthcare.

Company president says the key to longevity is the ability to evolve in step with the trends of a highly competitive business.