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60 Seconds with Jordan Julius, GE Appliances
Modern sat down with Jordan Julius, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, New Product Introduction at GE Appliances.

Uni-Craft Corp. “Upends” Working Conditions in the Mold Manufacturing Industry
Uni-Craft has designed Pass-Through Upenders to automate the repositioning of a wide range of products from furniture to coils and more.

Communications Solutions for Worker Safety and Efficiency
Minimize downtown and increase operations efficiency by connecting every worker.

A bet on potential pays off for GE Appliances
The appliance leader gave a young engineer a shot at designing a new assembly line as part of an initiative to expand the advanced manufactuging engineering team. That line is up and running.

Mobile automation takes on expanding requirements
A mobile goods-to-person order picking system helps an abrasives products maker efficiently fill orders from expanded inventory, while also bringing some training and retention benefits.

Survey reveals that nearly 90% of manufacturers struggle with integration issues
Survey from Cleo also finds that nearly one-fifth report losses of over $1,000,000 annually due to integration challenges

Manufacturing stays on a growth track in May, reports ISM
ISM said that the report’s key metric, the PMI, at 61.2 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), saw a 0.5% increase, from April to May. This marked the twelfth consecutive month of PMI growth, coupled with May also representing the twelfth consecutive month of growth for the overall economy.

12 Tips for Improving Manufacturing Warehouse Efficiencies
In this white paper is compiled the top 12 Warehouse Best Practices to help manufacturers increase efficiencies.

ISM Semiannual Economic Forecast for remainder of 2021 remains positive
For manufacturing, ISM is estimating a 7.2% in 2021 revenue gain, topping the 6.9% projection made in its previous report, and services revenue is pegged to increase 5.4% in 2021, topping the previous estimate of 1.6%.

Talking Supply Chain Podcast: The Rise Of The Robot
On this episode, Jeff Burnstein discusses the growth of the industrial robotics market, and why now is the time to investigate robots for your operation. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Gartner survey indicates manufacturers face skills gap in pursuit of digitization plans
Global survey reveals 57% of manufacturing leaders say that their organization lacks skilled workers to support digitization plans

WiM launches new event for moms working in the manufacturing sector
Event and year-round community for women who serve dual roles—manufacturing industry professional and mom

ISM: Manufacturing output stays strong in April
In its monthly Manufacturing Report on Business, ISM said that the report’s key metric, the PMI, at 60.7 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth) was down 4% compared to March’s 64.7 reading, which marked the highest reading since November 1983’s 66. This marked the eleventh consecutive of PMI growth, coupled with April representing the eleventh consecutive month of growth for the overall economy.

US manufacturing skills gap could leave as many as 2.1 million jobs unfilled by 2030
Study from Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute also suggests vacant positions could cost the U.S. economy $1 trillion in 2030 alone

TMH surpasses milestone: 750,000 forklifts manufactured in North America
Toyota Material Handling celebrates 750,000th forklift to roll off the company’s North American production line


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