While forklift sales were down in 2020, it wasn't as bad as many had feared when the pandemic started.
April 9, 2021While the shortage of microchips for automobiles may be one of the most visible examples of supply chain issues limiting the ability of manufacturers to ramp up output, it's not the only one. The Biden administration has ordered a review of all supply chains critical to the US economy in an effort to identify weaknesses and work to remove them going forward.
March 8, 2021Federal efforts to promote investment in domestic manufacturing may face a number of challenges related to supply chains, cost, and trade agreements, among others.
March 8, 2021Smart refrigerators are being used to help meet consumer desires for the safe delivery of fresh foods.
January 22, 2021When motor vehicle production tanked in the spring vehicle manufacturers cut their orders for all of the chips used in new cars and trucks — just as consumer electronic demand was taking off with everyone working and going to school from home. Now the vehicle manufacturers are finding that their positions in the queue have all been taken.
January 14, 2021Manufacturing activity — both in the US and Globally — took a pretty big hit in 2020. However, positive signs have emerged at the beginning of a new year as companies learned how to work in a more socially distanced fashion, and consumers learned how to shop safely in the middle of a pandemic.
January 7, 2021With a lot more goods moving across the country to consumers, demand for pallets has been up. This has also led to some acquisition activity as companies seek to benefit from the surge.
December 28, 2020The rapid development of a vaccine to battle COVID-19 was enabled in part by the advent of new mRNA technology. It turns out, however, that you need to keep these vaccines really, <i>really</i> cold.
December 8, 2020Appliance manufacturers overhaul their supply chain logistics to speed products to market.
December 2, 2020A glimmer of hope reached the world this week as Pfizer and BioNTech announced that their vaccine candidate was more than 90% effective at preventing severe cases of the disease. However, some challenges in the form of distribution will remain.
November 17, 2020