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    Current reporting and analysis on the technology and trends manufacturers are using to get their products to market faster and cheaper on a global scale.

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    Tariff Changes Are Coming Fast. How Can Manufacturers Deal?

    Feb. 20, 2025
    With announcements coming at lightning speed, the key is preparation, not paralysis.
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    How Trump Could Achieve Victory Over China at the Panama Canal

    Jan. 27, 2025
    IndustryWeek contributor and Panama expert Andrew R. Thomas says winning against China will likely look like Panamanian efforts to curb immigration into Central America and giving...
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    Businesses are Less Worried About Their Supply Chains in Q1, but Concerns Remain

    Jan. 14, 2025
    The presidential election heavily influenced survey respondents when evaluating 10 categories of risk facing their company’s supply chain.
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    Reshaping Global Supply Chains: Impacts of Tariff Hikes and Strategies for Resilience

    Nov. 21, 2024
    A four-step process – what, where, whom, how – can identify supply chain options that allow manufacturers to diversify away from China sourcing.
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    US Finalizes $1.5 Billion Chips Award to GlobalFoundries

    Nov. 20, 2024
    The finalized award comes after a preliminary agreement announced in February and means that funds can begin flowing when milestones are reached.

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    eBook: Reshoring Manufacturing: Progress & Challenges

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    Experts in the water treatment, pharmaceutical, chemicals and manufacturing world look at how reshoring is changing the rules of the market.
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    Circular Steel: What It Is, How It’s Made and Its Role in Reducing Emissions

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    The steel industry is responsible for 7% to 9% of global C02 emissions. Much of it is Scope 3.
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    Labor / Employment Policy

    US Dockworkers Launch Strike After Labor Contract Expires

    Oct. 1, 2024
    "With the longshoremen’s strike now in effect, the disruption to our supply chain is both immediate and far-reaching," says Transportation Intermediaries Association President...
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    Supply Chain Management Is Overdue for an Upgrade

    Sept. 12, 2024
    More variables and increased complexity require new kinds of attention and expertise.
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    Canada Rail Employees Ordered Back to Work

    Aug. 26, 2024
    The Teamsters union said it would comply with the ruling but that it would also file an appeal in federal court.