The administration will begin work within the next 60 days with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on $4 billion worth of construction work at coastal ports, inland waterways as well as other corps-eligible facilities.
November 10, 2021
The new endeavor will provide the incentive and guidance to show purchasing agents that lean supply chains are a healthier, more sustainable alternative.
October 26, 2021
Software supply chain weaknesses have become pervasive in the enterprise.
October 18, 2021
Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach moving toward 24/7 operations, which will double the amount of cargo moved out of its docks and onto highways.
October 15, 2021
Fixing supply chain woes will be a long process, and many of the problems currently being experienced are due to a lack of labor. Technological advances such as automation and artificial intelligence will help companies find a solution.
October 1, 2021
If this year stays on track, then the Reshoring Initiative projects reshoring and foreign direct investment job announcements for 2021 will be over 220,000 — 38% above 2020.
September 30, 2021
Manufacturers are currently experiencing unprecedented disruption of the supply chain on both the supplier side and the customer side.
September 22, 2021
The recent effort to strengthen U.S. self-sufficiency in an era of global value chains represents an intersection between a more confrontational foreign policy stance toward China and a domestic effort to reshore manufacturing.
September 14, 2021
As far as costly disasters go, Hurricane Ida was no Katrina, but the damage inflicted by its rapid escalation and unpredictable path is troubling to observers who say the event reflects a newly ascendent type of storm that is both less predictable and more expensive, according to NBC News reports on Sept. 7.
September 8, 2021
A two-year study concluded that deep-water drilling rigs are not prepared in general to protect themselves against cyber attacks. Rigs need more than firewalls and antivirus software to be secure, the study found.
September 2, 2021
A major trend in North American manufacturing this year is widespread interest in bringing sourcing and production back from offshore, according to the State of North American Manufacturing 2021 Annual Report from Thomasnet.
June 16, 2021
One factor I noticed was that every article on the subject of the Internet of Things (IoT) was about applications inside the factory and not within the supply chain. For example, there were articles on machine monitoring, equipment monitoring, preventive maintenance, and smaller topics.
November 17, 2020
