Smoking chimneys and cooling tower of a coal-burning power plant are seen on a hazy day in Wuhan, China. Facing serious world economic problems as the year begins, Canadians can take comfort in a recent Angus Reid opinion survey conducted in Canada, the U.S. and Britain. It found that three in five Canadians rate the […]
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Daily FX Market Roundup 01-02-13 FX Traders Worried About Unfinished Business in Washington? EUR: Correlation with US Stocks Break Down GBP: Shrugs Off Sharp Improvement in PMI AUD: Supported by Upward Revision to PMI NZD: Comm Dollars Lifted by Risk Appetite CAD: Oil and Gold Prices Up Another 1% USD/JPY Hits Fresh 2 Year Lows […]
(As seen on WZZM TV 13) In a recent issue of the Business Journal, Brian Long reported that manufacturers in the metro area are bucking the nation’s downward industrial trend. Long, who directs supply chain management research at GVSU’s Seidman College of Business, wrote that numerous firms are at full capacity and reporting all-time highs […]
Political Winners and Losers of 2012 Posted by Paul Adair on Dec. 29, 2012 10:44 a.m. | 0 comments Education, Economy, Germantown, Political, School Board, U.S., Wisconsin 2012 […]
By David Greenfield, Media & Events Director Recommended Reading article noted that after GE brought back manufacturing of its GeoSpring water heater to the U.S. from a Chinese factory, GE was actually able to reduce the retail price of the water heater from $1,599 to $1,299. Furthermore, this lower priced U.S.-made product was of higher […]
A PR stunt, or a deeper meaning? Is Apple Manufacturing in the US an Important Move? — Spend Matters welcomes a guest post from David Simchi-Levi, MIT engineering Professor and OPS Rules Chairman. On December 6th, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook announced a plan to invest $100M in manufacturing a line of Mac Computers in the US. While cynics may say […]
Our second decade begins Much has changed since we launched DC Velocity, but the issues faced by logistics professionals have stayed pretty much the same. By Peter Bradley Ten years ago, a small group of us decided the logistics business could use a new magazine. The editors and publishing team brought long experience in logistics […]
By Angie Drobnic Holan Published on Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 at 5:58 a.m. A timeline of the 2012 Lie of the Year Oct. 22, 11:10 a.m. – Bloomberg publishes a story that Chrysler plans to begin making Jeeps in China again. The move would be in addition to U.S. production. Oct. 25, 1:19 p.m. – […]
Spend Matters welcomes a guest post from David Simchi-Levi, MIT engineering Professor and OPS Rules Chairman. On December 6th, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook announced a plan to invest $100M in manufacturing a line of Mac Computers in the US. While cynics may say that this is only assembly, will create only 200 jobs, and is […]
LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 10, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Tempur-Pedic International Inc. (NYSE: TPX), a leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of premium mattresses and pillows worldwide, today announced that it was reaffirming its guidance for the full year 2012. The Company reaffirmed that it currently expects net sales for 2012 to be approximately $1.40 billion and that […]
