Not so long ago, very few Americans concerned themselves with something called the supply chain. But following three years of ongoing inventory disruptions of everything from baby formula to automobiles, the average consumer is increasingly aware of the process required to deliver goods to local retailers. The reality for businesses is that supply chain disruption […]
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Welcome to Thomas Insights — every day, we publish the latest news and analysis to keep our readers up to date on what’s happening in industry. Sign up here to get the day’s top stories delivered straight to your inbox. At the height of American manufacturing in the 1970s and 1980s, most goods purchased by U.S. […]
Marge Laney, founder and CEO of Alert Tech SMT, a Houston-based EMS company, shares her thoughts on bringing young people into manufacturing—a sector she’s convinced may be headed toward big growth. At the SMTA Houston Expo & Tech Forum, Marge invited a group of young students from a local technology school into her facility for […]
What does the future hold for the business climate in Texas and the Rio Grande Valley? That question was the broad topic of discussion as the Rio Grande Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, or RGVHCC, hosted the top two executives of the Texas Association of Business (TAB) at an April 24 luncheon in McAllen. TAB […]
Semiconductors power a wide range of electronics, from cellphones and computers to cars, fighter jets, and medical devices. A global chip shortage that began in 2020 upended the automotive industry, drove up prices of electronics such as televisions, and exposed supply chain vulnerabilities.Work smart with our Thinking Forward newsletterInsights from MIT experts, delivered every Tuesday […]
Drug shortages are rampant across much of Europe and the United States, where more than 100 medications, from antibiotics to inhalers to surgical sedatives, are currently unavailable. It’s a critical problem that Wharton health care management professor Dr. Ezekiel (Zeke) Emanuel believes can be solved with enough political will. Emanuel, who is vice provost for […]
For more information on pursuing trade policy interests through the legislative process, please contact Nicole Bivens Collinson at (202) 730-4956 or via email. Customs fraud. The Fighting Trade Cheats Act (H.R. 2667, introduced April 18 by Rep. Bost, R-Ill.) would increase civil penalties for, and improve enforcement with respect to, customs fraud. A press release from Bost’s office […]
This January, at a press conference 1,700 feet underground in Sweden’s Lapland region, one of Europe’s mostpressingpolicy goals seemed to finally be within reach. State-owned miner LKAB was announcing a major discovery in its Kiruna mine: one of the largest deposits of rare earth elements in Europe. “This is really an important day for Sweden […]
Global trade patterns are being remoulded at a fast clip, with reshoring now clearly diminishing China’s dominance in the transpacific box trades. Covid, a more strident China, tensions along the Taiwan Strait, and the war in Ukraine have all played their part in many companies looking for alternative places to source their goods lately. Data […]
Britain’s Orro Bikes has built a strong following over the past decade off the back of an ever-expanding range that’s designed and developed in-house, and it has just moved into a brand new 25,000ft2 facility in Sussex where it plans to assemble the entire lineup. We paid Orro a visit to check out the new […]
