Below, the workforce participation rate in US economy 2021, trending. This is not the unemployment number. We are not seeing much about this mentioned in other media channels. Areas that are shaded refer to recessionary periods in the US economy. …
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Trends & Observations
US economic recovery and workforce labor participation
Risks and changes to manufacturing supply chains into 2040
Lockdowns, quarantines, and the closing of international borders have emphasized diversification in global supply chains. Recently, the US National Intelligence Council released its Global Trends report, which assesses key trends and uncertainties focused on global, long-term trends and dynamics …
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Ways political, economic policies impact manufacturing supply chains
Manufacturer programs with strategy designed for ROI against timelines imposed by boards and CEOs will be path-dependent and hinge on a number of key decisions.
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Manufacturing supply chain shortages affecting multiple sectors
Two key reasons are behind the various supply chain shortages.
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Why monetary expansion increases cost of capital for manufacturers
Allocated budgets are losing purchasing power at rate equal to monetary expansion. Read how manufacturers optimize supply chain spend and get to ROI faster.
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Manufacturing inventory and demand vs labor planning
Manufacturers continue to drive efficiencies and, lower labor and production costs, through outsourcing and automation. Read how consumer stimulus payments throw a wrench into manufacturing scheduling and demand planning.
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The decline of EMS manufacturing service: Good, bad, ugly
Today, it easy for EMS manufacturing management to identify and isolate poor sales performers from those EMS sales people able to meet EMS corporate management objectives.
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EMS Manufacturer value propositions, competitive dynamics and industry trends to know about
How have profit margin trends developed in the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry today vs 10 years ago and who are the more competitive EMS firms when comparing similar EMS providers by size, footprint, end markets served?
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Manufacturing playbook: The standard in EMS manufacturing sourcing costs and price discovery
Electronics OEM companies identify internal EMS manufacturing costs and target cost reductions and savings for their EMS manufacturing programs using our cost modelers. Every cost modeler user has emphasized how thorough and comprehensive our cost modelers are in helping OEM …
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Product cost control and cost reductions in electronic OEM contract EMS manufacturing supply chains
Know what’s important in EMS manufacturing request-for-quote (RFQ) pricing and, how to determine actual, internal EMS factory costs.
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