Manufacturing & Trade Inventories & Sales April 2015

June 11, 2015 U.S. Census Bureau News Sales. The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that the combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for April, adjusted for seasonal and trading-day differences but not for price changes, was estimated...

Is Apple Creating “The Ultimate Car” Supply Chain?

By Dawn Chmielewski June 2, 2015 Supply Chain 24/7 Speaking at the Code Conference, Apple’s operations chief Jeff Williams dropped the biggest hint yet that the firm is developing a car – “The car is the ultimate mobile device.” They call him...

Job Growth Surges, Wages Push Higher in May

by Lucia Mutikani Reuters Jun 5th 2015 8:35AM WASHINGTON — U.S. job growth accelerated sharply in May and wages picked up, signs of momentum in the economy that bolster prospects for an interest rate hike in September. Nonfarm payrolls increased 280,000 last...

Meet the New Generation of Robots

Meet the New Generation of Robots for Manufacturing They are nimbler, lighter and work better with humans. They might even help bring manufacturing back to the U.S. By JAMES R. HAGERTY | June 2, 2015 11:08 p.m. ET This WSJ article is about a new generation of robots...