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Emerging Markets – Opportunities & Threats: Morocco
by Sterling J. Scott, Marketing Communications Coordinator, MHI | @mhi_sterling Opportunities Morocco and the European Union just wrapped up five days of trade talks on the proposed Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA). Morocco’s economy grew almost 5% on average from […]
Manufacturers Start to Trade Offshoring for Botsourcing
Robotics technology is boosting manufacturing and employment in the U.S., and in developed economies has led to “botsourcing,” that is, the return of manufacturing from overseas, according to a new Harvard Business Review HBR Blog Network post. Botsoursing, bringing production back […]
Kroger Announces First Fleet of Liquid Natural Gas Trucks
The Kroger recently announced that it will be the first in Oregon to deploy a fleet of heavy-duty trucks that run on Liquid Natural Gas (LNG). The 40 trucks will replace 40 diesel trucks currently in use and are expected to […]
NIST awards $9 million in planning grants for manufacturing technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently awarded 19 advanced manufacturing technology planning grants totaling $9 million to new or existing industry-driven consortia to develop technology roadmaps aimed at strengthening U.S. manufacturing and innovation performance across industries.The grants, […]
FDA Proposes New Regulation to Secure the U.S. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
The Food and Drug Administration has proposed a regulation aimed at keeping counterfeit, unapproved and adulterated pharmaceuticals out of the U.S. drug supply chain. The new rule would allow the agency to destroy a drug valued at $2,500 or less […]
Supply Chains Can Be Both Resilient and Cost Efficient
Relatively few managers have done much to protect their supply chains from critical, costly disruptions, even though they know that disasters like the 2011 Japan tsunami and Thailand floods can hit business for months, a recent MIT Sloan Management Review […]