Celebrating National Manufacturing Day: Creating Our Future
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OCTOBER 6, 2023
Department of Education is excited to join manufacturers, workers, educators, students, and families across our nation in celebrating National Manufacturing Day.
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Manufacturing Africa’s future: Jobs, growth, and sustainability
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Could the manufacturing sector provide roles for the next generation? Africa’s anticipated population surge by 2050 will require robust job creation.
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Reducing food loss: What grocery retailers and manufacturers can do
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Can manufacturers and grocers do anything about it? An estimated $600 billion worth of food is lost during or just after harvest. Definitely—and it will be good for business, people, and the planet.
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Delivering the US manufacturing renaissance
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
AUGUST 29, 2022
The stage is set for a manufacturing resurgence in the United States. Can the country’s producers make it happen?
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India: The next chemicals manufacturing hub
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Its strong starting point could make it the next chemicals manufacturing hub. India’s chemicals industry has been a global outperformer in demand growth and shareholder wealth creation for a decade.
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Building greater resilience in vaccine manufacturing
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
OCTOBER 14, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for resilience in vaccine manufacturing. Five considerations can help national public-health leaders plan.
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Boosting Vietnam’s manufacturing sector: From low cost to high productivity
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Manufacturing has been the nucleus of Vietnam’s exceptional growth. However, faced with complex economic, geopolitical, and technological conditions, this sector may have to reinvent itself to continue thriving.
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Clearing data-quality roadblocks: Unlocking AI in manufacturing
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JANUARY 20, 2023
To move forward, manufacturers need to set up the right teams with the right tools. An agile, data-centric approach can help clean and enrich data needed for machine learning.
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Keeping the Nation’s Competitive Edge in Manufacturing
GAO (US Government Accountability Office)
OCTOBER 6, 2022
manufacturing provides over 12.2 appears to be losing some of its competitive edge in manufacturing advanced technologies. million jobs ranging from welders to chemical engineers. However, the U.S. In recent decades, the U.S. has imported more.
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Redesigning apparel manufacturing in Asia: A pattern for resilience
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MAY 31, 2023
Apparel manufacturers in Asia are facing significant challenges with the current economic environment and drop in global demand—however, solutions for the near and long term are to hand.
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CED and Affordable Housing: How Does Manufactured Housing Fit In?
Community and Economic Development Program of UNC
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Manufactured homes are a statewide feature of North Carolina – we have more than almost any other state. According to this month’s Census Bureau data , the average cost for a new manufactured house in the southern U.S. in 2021 is $124,400 (average of single and double-wide, not including land).
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EU proposes prohibition on manufacturing sensitive technology in China
Open Access Government - Technology News
JUNE 21, 2023
The European Union plans prohibition on manufacturing sensitive technology in China, such as supercomputers, AI, and advanced microchips The European Economic Security Strategy, which was unveiled by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, intends to control the international trade and investment activities of European businesses.
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Is your manufacturing network an anchor or a sail?
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
AUGUST 17, 2022
Inflation, volatility, and risk are upending conventional wisdom about manufacturing and supply networks. To find a better strategy, companies need a broader view.
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FY23 Science & Technology for Advanced Manufacturing Projects (STAMP)
iGrantWriters
JUNE 28, 2023
It plays a role in all phases of acquisition, contributing to reduced costs and improved ownership by advancing key manufacturing technologies. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) prioritizes investments that provide the greatest benefits to the warfighter, including quick-response projects to address immediate manufacturing needs.
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40% of EU’s clean technology to be manufactured by end of the decade
Open Access Government - Technology News
MARCH 20, 2023
The goal highlighted by the EU notes at least 40% of EU’s net-zero, clean technology will be manufactured within the EU by the end of the decade, in order to reduce the bloc’s reliance on other countries. The post 40% of EU’s clean technology to be manufactured by end of the decade appeared first on Open Access Government.
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With $1.4 billion investment, Texas hopes to sprint to the front of the microchip manufacturing race
GCN
JUNE 15, 2023
Texas is pumping money into microchip research and manufacturing in an effort to attract new investments, secure lucrative federal grants and create thousands of high-paying jobs.
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How sterile pharma manufacturers can grow capacity without capital investment
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JANUARY 10, 2023
The world will need more sterile products than manufacturers have or can build capacity for. But they can create capacity and take market share by running higher volumes through their existing lines.
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Football to Manufacturing: The Divergent Path of Nearby Competitors
The Lowe Down
DECEMBER 9, 2022
When corporate boards decide to move manufacturing operations overseas, they similarly focus on complementary infrastructure when choosing a destination. For an example of manufacturing bifurcation, we present the natural experiment of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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Vital signs: Emergency medicine for distressed manufacturing sites
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
APRIL 4, 2024
At some factories, underperformance isn’t just financial—it may also threaten safety, quality, or the environment. An unconventional improvement approach can help these sites regain health and vitality.
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The future of US manufacturing is hiding in plain sight
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
DECEMBER 16, 2022
In the United States, the glory days of manufacturing could once again be possible. Industrial tech companies, get ready for your close-up.
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Laser-based sensor promises breakthrough in 3D printing
Open Access Government - Technology News
APRIL 23, 2024
Additive manufacturing/ 3D printing These sensors offer a non-contact method of assessing the integrity of additively manufactured materials , opening doors to enhanced safety and efficiency across various industries. Collaborating with industry partners, they aim to translate these findings into practical solutions.
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Adopting AI at speed and scale: The 4IR push to stay competitive
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
AI has brought the Fourth Industrial Revolution to an inflection point, and manufacturers must choose a path forward: innovate, accelerate, or follow fast.
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How Shall We Communicate Risk in an Era of ‘Manufactured Reality’?
Disaster Planning and Emergency Management
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
We might further tie these concepts into the model of information dissemination propounded by Herman and Chomsky in their book Manufacturing Consent. However, we live in an age in which, increasingly, information is manufactured and thus so is reality, simply because people believe the information. The Division of Labour in Society. (
Tradespeople wanted: The need for critical trade skills in the US
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
APRIL 9, 2024
US manufacturing and construction face a hiring crunch for skilled workers such as carpenters, electricians, welders, and plumbers. A few creative actions can help overcome gaps and boost performance.
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Recast Your City: How to Save Your Downtown with Small-Scale Manufacturing
First State Insights
JUNE 15, 2021
Ilana Preuss, Founder and CEO of Recast City, speaks with Troy Mix, Associate Director of the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about her latest book, "Recast Your City: How to Save Your Downtown with Small-Scale Manufacturing." Opening and closing music: "I Dunno" by Grapes, used under Creative Commons 3.0
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9 states band together to phase out fossil fuel heating in homes
GCN
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
The signatories say the agreement’s focus on building emissions will signal to manufacturers that there will be a robust market for heat pumps in the coming years.
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Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, December 2023
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JANUARY 22, 2024
2024 looks uncertain: inflation has come down but long-term interest rates remain high; retail sales are relatively stable; manufacturing continues to contract; geopolitical concerns are on the rise.
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Taking off: Scaling complex manufacturing in the aerospace industry
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
OEMs in high-complexity, low-volume industries face skyrocketing demand. But it’s now possible to scale production in ways that preserve product portfolios and profitability.
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Reimagining the future of biopharma manufacturing
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Leveraging digital and analytics advances can unlock significant value for biopharma companies through gains in quality, speed, agility, and resilience.
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Manufactured Housing Is a Good Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing - Except When It’s Not: Q&A on Eight Key Policy Topics (Part 2)
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
APRIL 3, 2023
Manufactured housing (MH) has recently taken on a high profile among affordable housing advocates, including in the Biden administration. This will increase MH manufacturers’ competitiveness at the higher end of its price range, although it is too soon to determine if significant volume will result.
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Automotive R&D transformation: Optimizing gen AI’s potential value
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Automotive manufacturers could realize time and cost savings and quality improvements by implementing generative AI functions that add value at all stages of the R&D process.
One city's long and historic lawsuit against the gun industry appears to have met its end
GCN
MARCH 27, 2024
After surviving 25 years of appeals, Gary, Indiana's efforts to hold firearm manufacturers responsible for illegal gun sales is likely over after the governor signed a bill aimed at extinguishing the suit.
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Low-carbon fun: Making RV manufacturing greener
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Being outside and enjoying nature is a key value proposition of the recreational-vehicle industry. Protecting the environment will soon become more important for the industry’s players.
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Anxiety over squatters inspires a wave of legislation
GCN
APRIL 26, 2024
Opponents of the bills call the trend a ‘manufactured crisis’ that could affect legitimate tenant protections.
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Indirect manufacturing costs: An overlooked source for clear savings
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JANUARY 31, 2023
Indirect operations functions make up a significant share of total operations—and optimizing them can deliver sizeable bottom-line impact.
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Advanced chip packaging: How manufacturers can play to win
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MAY 24, 2023
As the benefits of Moore’s law reach their limits, advances in chip performance rely more on the back end of production, including packaging.
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Tech-enabled transformations: Three supply chain success stories
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JANUARY 29, 2024
Enterprise-wide platform transformations (EPTs) aren’t easy, but a holistic approach is unlocking manufacturing and supply chain efficiencies while driving sustainable growth and customer satisfaction.
Boosting machinery sector profitability via cloud-aided digitalization
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
AUGUST 11, 2023
Machinery and equipment manufacturers can realize operational, competitive, and sustainability gains with at-scale digitalization. And harnessing cloud solutions can streamline scaling significantly.
Tapping into dormant data can boost industrial SMEs’ competitive edge
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Industrial-sector manufacturing SMEs amass vast data stores from sales, operations, and production that remain largely untouched. But some companies mine their dormant data to considerable advantage.
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Agencies Should Take These Steps to Ensure They’re Buying Secure Software
FedTech Magazine
MAY 17, 2023
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s “security-by-design and -default” principles ignore the fact that software manufacturers working with federal agencies and the military already design their solutions with security at the fore.
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Digital twins: The next frontier of factory optimization
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JANUARY 10, 2024
Digital twins are revolutionizing how decisions are made within factories, and forward-thinking manufacturers are getting ahead of the technology curve to drive efficiency.
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Chip maker commits up to $100B for U.S. manufacturing site
GCN
OCTOBER 6, 2022
The facility planned for upstate New York marks one of the first major new investments by semiconductor companies following the passage of billions in federal incentives.
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Aftermarket sales and service are vital to manufacturers’ strategies
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MARCH 3, 2023
The most successful aftermarket offerings are fully integrated into a manufacturer’s core business processes.
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Manufactured Housing Is a Good Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing - Except When It’s Not: High-Level and Specific Policy Recommendations (Part 3)
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
JUNE 20, 2023
Recently, there has been a renewed focus on expanding the supply of manufactured housing (MH), known for being low cost, as one key method to help reduce that shortage. 8] As reported in “2022 Manufactured Housing Facts” by the Manufactured Housing Institute, the average MH unit is 1,497 sq.
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