manufacturing

Curing The $2.4T Manufacturing Sector’s Cash-Flow Crunch

Curing The $2.4T Manufacturing Sector’s Cash-Flow Crunch
Curing The $2.4T Manufacturing Sector’s Cash-Flow Crunch
December 05, 2019  |  Order To Cash

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China To Send Gov’t. Reps To Private Firms To ‘Boost Local Manufacturing Industry’
China To Send Gov’t. Reps To Private Firms To ‘Boost Local Manufacturing Industry’
September 23, 2019  |  International

China is set to assign government officials to work with 100 private companies, including eCommerce giant Alibaba, to “boost the local manufacturing industry,” according to...

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Apple Shows Reliance On China Ahead Of New Tariffs
Apple Shows Reliance On China Ahead Of New Tariffs
August 28, 2019  |  International

Supply chain data from Apple indicates the tech firm is still dependent on China despite using manufacturing plants in Brazil and India, Reuters reported on...

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Rethreading How Apparel Gets Made
Rethreading How Apparel Gets Made
July 24, 2019  |  Retail

The apparel industry is famous, or perhaps more appropriately infamous, for its high and growing level of environmental impact. Globally, consumers purchased 60 percent more clothing...

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Manufacturing Slowdown Could Reveal Deeper Issues Among SMBs
Manufacturing Slowdown Could Reveal Deeper Issues Among SMBs
April 01, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Small businesses (SMBs) make up more than 98 percent of the U.S. manufacturing sector, according to the National Association of Manufacturers. So when small business...

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Ex-GM EVP Finds A New Home At Amazon
Ex-GM EVP Finds A New Home At Amazon
March 01, 2019  |  Amazon

Amazon has hired General Motors‘ (GMs’) executive vice president of global manufacturing. Citing sources familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Alicia Boler...

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Alphabet’s Waymo Considered Volvo, Uber Pair-Up
Alphabet’s Waymo Considered Volvo, Uber Pair-Up
January 30, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

An internal document has revealed that Waymo, the former self-driving vehicle unit of Google, met with more than 12 carmakers, including Volvo, as it searched for manufacturing...

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Study: Automation Will Hurt Manufacturing-Heavy Midwest
Study: Automation Will Hurt Manufacturing-Heavy Midwest
January 24, 2019  |  Economy

Manufacturing-heavy states in the Midwest will be hit hardest by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation for lower-skilled jobs, according to a new...

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