- A growing number of businesses are imposing rules to make it more onerous for employees to refuse to get vaccinated.
- It's being called the most generous vaccine incentive program in the world.
- It will need 2,000 acres of land.
- While still at a healthy pace, it was the second-straight slowdown after activity peaked in May.
- Despite the hurry-up-and-wait during a rare weekend session, emotions bubbled over once the bill was produced Sunday night.
- Environmentalists believe shifting packaging disposal costs away from taxpayers and toward producers is long overdue.
- The moves left workers scrambling.
- Experts expect the economy will "tread water."
- Essentra Components has announced it will slash energy consumption a third by electrifying its 180 hydraulic injection moulding machines and equipment. Which sounds great – until you read it will cost many millions and...
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- It comes eight years after a previous attempt to unionize the California factory failed.
- It could be up to two years before supplies return to normal.
- Despite inflation impacts, June’s solid increase provided further evidence that consumers are driving a strengthening economic recovery.
- More than just recognizing a need, focusing on the right areas to implement digital strategies is vital to ongoing success.
- Wages and salaries had the largest increase in more than 14 years.
- Two men now share tattered careers and future worries as prosecutors continue to investigate.
- New legislation provides $7.5 billion to build a national network of charging outlets.
- The fungus, discovered by accident by Dr Samantha Jenkins, was being sealed in a plastic sponge, only for it to ‘eat’ its way out, notifying scientists of its digestive properties. “Imagine a jar full...
- Stores face challenges in figuring how much they should order, given so much uncertainty regarding the virus.
- It is fueling three trucks and could fuel more in the future.
- Almost three-quarters of manufacturing executives (74%) describe their organisation’s current production operation as ‘highly agile’ or ‘extremely agile’. This is a sizeable increase on the rankings given prior to the global Coronavirus...
- When implemented correctly, automated replenishment systems help guard against being over-stocked or under supplied.
- The airlines plan to sell seats on each other's flights to help American extend its reach in South America.
- VW's luxury brands, Porsche and Audi, both turned in record unit sales for the first half of the year.
- HV Wooding specialises in precision components, busbars and motor laminations. It will partner with the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre and the University of Sheffield to improve the quality of busbars it is producing....
- "They got a new sheriff in town,” Biden said after touring a Pennsylvania Mack Truck facility.
- Founded in 1906, Stuart Turner is internationally recognised for its design and manufacturing of water boosting pumps and systems. Since joining the company, Richard has built upon its growth strategy which has seen the...
- Implementing a simple off-the-shelf GoPro camera could pay big dividends in efficiency, time and cost savings.
- While automation has brought more robots and technology into supply chains, people remain the driving force.
- It all comes down to one word.
- Deindustrialization has been a thorny problem for decades.
- Boeing earned $567 million in the second quarter, compared with a $2.4 billion loss a year ago.
- The house, replete with a fireplace, wine cooler and a hidden storage room, was "subject to forfeiture,” due to law violations.
- Creating supply chains that really work is a massive challenge for manufacturers. And building future proof supply chains that enable innovation across their digital manufacturing processes is even more difficult. Today we hear from...
- The UK’s legislative commitment to net zero by 2050 was followed by the European Union’s Green Deal, an ambitious set of initiatives to make Europe climate neutral by the same year. Then, in 2020,...
- It is hardly the official federal minimum wage, but for many lower-skilled workers, $15 an hour has increasingly become a reality.
- The automaker, which helped pioneer hybrid and hydrogen fuel vehicles, has been bypassed by its rivals on EVs.
- How technologies focused on optimizing supply chain strengths can not only improve operations, but help reduce costs.
- Home shipments are continuing at a brisk pace.
- The financial milestone extends a two-year run of prosperity.
- Fourteen other states already have adopted similar standards, which require manufacturers and dealers to supply more electric vehicles.
- More than 500 workers had gone on strike due to poor working conditions.
- Also on the podcast, strike at Frito-Lay, new top taco job, Amazon wants a house key, water thieves and Crocs sue over blatant knockoffs.
- The stalled project presents a setback for Nevada, which aims to transition to 50% renewable energy by 2030.
- Leasing has a host of benefits that most organizations look at when making a decision.
- Carmakers are bracing for new safety rules and standards around the world that could require dashboard cameras to detect dangerous driver behavior.
- To remain competitive, manufacturing firms have had to adapt over the years and tweak their operations to ensure they are as efficient, productive and profitable as possible, while at the same time improving overall...
- Data shows that 82 percent of companies have experienced at least one unplanned period of downtime over the past three years - costing upwards of $250K/hour.
- The nearly identical version sells for about $10.
- The biggest rocket of all time is planned for launch later this year.