To find the best places to work in manufacturing SmartAsset looked at 389 different statistical areas and compared them on six metrics. SmartAsset looked at one-year employment growth, five-year employment growth, one-year income growth, five-year income growth, the ratio of manufacturing workers to the total worker population and income left over after housing costs. T More »
In this issue of CFO Insights, we will examine the root causes of strategy execution risk and offer a set of dynamic implementation tactics designed to overcome many common barriers to the successful rollout of new strategies. More »
n an interview with theCube at the Juniper Nxtwork 2016 Summit in Santa Clara, California, The City of Dublin’s CIO Doug McCollough said the impact of digital transformation results in a competitive advantage for citizens. More »
If we turn the Rust Belt into the Robotics Belt, the future of robot-human cooperation in factories can create jobs in America instead of overseas. More »
Advancements in technology and a globalizing economy have brought us more than just an iPhone 7. In the last several decades, the labor market has experienced a dramatic shift and America has failed to adapt accordingly, leading to an economically-devastating skilled worker shortage. Due to a misguided education system and public misperceptions, the labor market’s unprecedented need for highly-skilled workers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields is not being fulfilled and American manufacturing is suffering. More »
Globalization and trade agreements have been blamed for costing millions of Americans well-paying jobs. But a far greater force in the gutting of middle-class life in the United States has been automation, which has replaced well-paid workers with robots and digital platforms. The greater efficiency fuels economic growth, produces cheaper products and makes life’s task easier. But in the process, many are left poorer and less secure. More »
If the labor market is close to full employment, as some people argue, why isn't wage growth higher? For one possible explanation, we can look at a similar dynamic that played out during the housing bubble. More »
How Jabil Circuit is partnering with Hewlett-Packard to develop stronger parts, shorten product development life cycles and overhaul supply chains with the help of additive manufacturing. More »
London, Singapore, Toronto and Paris top the 2016 benchmark (our 7th edition) of the broad urban qualities that make 30 global business, finance and culture capitals successful. Beneath the headline results of who finishes first, however, findings show the heart of the city revolves around balanced social and economic strengths. More »
Up in Minnesota, Donnelly Custom Manufacturing opened the door for new tasks for its human employees by bringing in collaborative robots. More »
Search giant Facebook plans to build a large new data center in a commercial park close to Odense, Denmark. More »
American tech giants stand to benefit from Canada’s smoother immigration process, and Vancouver is looking to feed its own homegrown tech ambitions. More »
CFOs have faced a barrage of domestic and global developments that have understandably led to decidedly mixed assessments this quarter. Findings suggest all eyes are on the US elections, with the vast majority of CFOs expecting the outcome to substantially impact their company’s future performance. More »
Manufacturers face several challenges with water supply and loss, including aging and leaking pipes. More »
Adidas says their Atlanta factory will create around 160 jobs for the area, but there’s no word on what those jobs will be. Most likely, they will be programming, quality control, and maintenance jobs to maintain the assembly line, rather than low-skill, high pay manufacturing jobs of yore. More »
Rapid technical change is not something new. We have experienced technological change that substitutes machines and computers for individual workers for many years. And yet, despite the ups and downs of the business cycle, the U.S. economy continues to return to full employment. More »
Notwithstanding high consumer confidence and employers’ willingness to hire, GDP growth has remained sluggish; goods have lagged even as services have stayed strong. But don’t blame election-year uncertainty for the weakness. More »
To constrain rising shipping costs, the online giant is building its own delivery operation, setting up a clash with its shipping partners More »
Economic growth has been slowing for the past 50 years, but relief might come from an unexpected place — a new form of manufacturing that is neither what you thought it was nor where you thought it was. Industrial systems thinker Olivier Scalabre details how a fourth manufacturing revolution will produce a macroeconomic shift and boost employment, productivity and growth. More »
Both at the state and federal level, government officials should recognize global companies as important players in the U.S. business community and pursue policies that encourage inward investment. Stopping anti-global rhetoric and promoting further international engagement will ensure that more U.S. workers are exposed to the opportunities of a 21st century world economy and the high-paying jobs that come with it. More »
