Enjoy the IW Weekly Reads, where we share the top-consumed content over the past seven days.
Stellantis Gets Stung and Signs of Aging at 3M: IndustryWeek's Weekly Reads: Also, China's not bluffing and Boeing's woes continue.
Trade Policy Winners and Losers: When Will Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Rise? Additional costs and controls on Chinese imports are on the horizon.
ISM Report: Manufacturing PMI Falls 1.7 Points in July: Only five out of 16 manufacturing industries reported growth last month.
5 Best Practices for Boosting Lean Engagement: An engaged workforce is the catalyst of continuous improvement success.
Seeking a New Plant Manager? Be Prepared to Pay Up: Manufacturers brace for a 20% premium as early retirements, reshoring and changing economic and social factors change the equation.
Too Hot to Think: Our Summer Cooldown Manufacturing Quiz: Heat wave got you down? Feel the chill with our quiz about cold innovations in manufacturing history.
The Abandonment of Small Cities in the Rust Belt: The loss of manufacturing jobs gutted these smaller metropolitan and rural areas. What will it take to revive them? (2019)
Investing in People to Thrive During a Manufacturing Boom (video): Indiana University Professor Phil Powell says taking advantage of the massive increase in U.S. manufacturing spending is going to require huge training and retraining efforts.
Intel Says It Will Slash Workforce to Cut Costs: Intel reported having 124,800 employees at the end of last year, meaning the layoffs could hit about 18,000 positions.
Mayville Engineering Co. Builds Manufacturing Excellence System: David Higgs of MEC and Eric Lussier of Next Level Partners discuss how the Wisconsin-based automotive and commercial equipment supplier set excellence as the company's overriding goal.
Editor's Choice
Reshoring Takes Hold Across Multiple Industries: Companies are bringing jobs and work back to North America, but ties to offshore production remain strong, and making things in America is still a difficult prospect for some products. In this eBook, experts in the water treatment, pharmaceutical, chemicals and manufacturing world look at how reshoring is changing the rules of the market.
