May 15th, 2020
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Trump and Chip Makers Including Intel Seek Semiconductor Self-Sufficiency - WSJ

Pentagon says coronavirus pandemic underscores vulnerability from reliance on Asian factories. More »

Why American Manufacturing Can't Handle the Coronavirus - Bloomberg

U.S. factories are as productive as ever but they’ve lost the process knowledge needed to retool quickly in a crisis. More »

Domestic Labor Issues Pose Hidden Supply Chain Risks - Supply Chain Management Review

Companies have long known that visibility into the workplace practices of far-flung offshore suppliers is an essential component of supply chain risk management. Many enterprises lack that visibility, even though it is gaining in importance across global supply chains. More »

It's Time to Build - Andreessen Horowitz

We know how to build highly automated factories. We know the enormous number of higher paying jobs we would create to design and build and operate those factories. We know — and we’re experiencing right now! — the strategic problem of relying on offshore manufacturing of key goods. Why aren’t we building Elon Musk’s “alien dreadnoughts” — giant, gleaming, state of the art factories producing every conceivable kind of product, at the highest possible quality and lowest possible cost — all throughout our country? More »

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Manufacturing Expansion Also Creates Space To Build Community

HandleBend, known for their authentic copper mugs, recently expanded their manufacturing operations, helping bring life and community into an existing building. Seven businesses now call the building home.

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3 keys to site selection for food and beverage facilities - Food Engineering

Site characteristics, hazards and ongoing pandemic affect the process More »

Coronavirus Is Going to Create New Real Estate Winners - Bloomberg

Remote work will help far-flung exurbs and second-tier cities in the South and West gain at the expense of pricey coastal cities. More »

Rural America lags on fast internet. Now small co-ops are building it - CSMonitor.com

Amid the wide open spaces of the Great Plains, some communities got tired of waiting for others to connect them to the modern economy. Instead, residents are getting more bandwidth by banding together. More »

Abbott confirms talks with Elon Musk about moving Tesla to Texas - kvue.com

"Texas is a perfect fit for Tesla," Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted on Wednesday afternoon. More »

COVID-19 changed the stakes for e-commerce. Do fulfillment networks need to change too? - Supply Chain Dive

Before the U.S. detected its first known case of COVID-19, e-commerce was at best a growth opportunity and at worst, a thorn in the side of many retailers. More »

Tech Workers Consider Escaping Silicon Valley’s Sky-High Rents - Bloomberg

After major companies announce their employees won’t need to come in, many are recalculating the cost of living near the office. More »

The Great Unwinding: Covid-19 and the regionalisation of global supply chains - Economist Intelligence Unit

In this short report, The Economist Intelligence Unit examines how Covid-19 has impacted and will continue to fundamentally reshape global supply chains. More »

Two-Thirds Of North American Manufacturers Say They Want To Reshore Operations. Here's Why.

The coronavirus pandemic has left hundreds of U.S. manufacturers examining how to bring at least some of their operations and real estate footprints home. More »

CFO Survey Reveals 74% Intend to Shift Some Employees to Remote Work Permanently - Gartner

Nearly Three in Four CFOs Plan to Shift at Least 5% of Previously On-Site Employees to Permanently Remote Positions Post-COVID 19 More »

Government Assistance Programs: Are you Ready for Scrutiny? - BDO

When it comes to government assistance, there are broadly four categories of programs in place, each of which have unique qualifying criteria and resultant recordkeeping responsibilities. More »

Goodbye to open office spaces? How coronavirus is reshaping the workplace. - National Geographic

The coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating workers’ worries about returning to jobs in these often debated floor plans. More »

How Renewable Energy Could Emerge on Top After the Pandemic - Yale E360

The short-term prospects for wind and solar power look rocky amid the economic upheaval of the coronavirus. But long term, renewables could emerge stronger than ever, especially if governments integrate support for clean energy into COVID-19 economic-recovery programs. More »

Coronavirus Meat Shortages Have Plant-Based Food Makers’ Mouths Watering - WSJ

Beef producers racing to meet consumer demand say any shortfalls are temporary, as sellers of meat alternatives look to seize opportunity. More »

Due To COVID-19, Manufacturing Will Experience Five Years Of Innovation In The Next 18 Months - Forbes

The environment in which electronics manufacturers are building has changed rapidly in the last couple of months. As under-resourced teams face the challenge of solving COVID-19 problems, they’ll need technology that gets to the very root of these issues: solving for distance. More »

Q&A: Walter Kemmsies, JLL Economist and Chief Strategist - Logistics Management

So, as the world works to move past this pandemic, there are shocks and what happens to the ocean carriers is that they have more to plan for in terms of repercussions and problems. More »

Q&A: Coworking Goes Industrial - Commercial Property Executive

Stos Partners’ Jason Richards talks about the industrial coworking subsector’s business model and its long-term viability. More »

Inside Pfizer's ‘unprecedented' race in Kalamazoo to produce COVID-19 vaccine by fall - Crain's Chicago Business

The drugmaker has sequestered a team of nearly 75 scientists and engineers at its Kalamazoo facility to design and build a manufacturing line—a huge investment to make a product that has yet to be proven to work. More »

Ranked: The 10 U.S. Cities Best Positioned To Recover From Coronavirus (And The 10 Worst) - Forbes

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted cities across the country with varying force. New York City has been hardest hit, and it’s no secret that the Big Apple is going to be one of the places that will have the most challenging time bouncing back from the coronavirus pandemic, no matter when things subside. More »

Agri-food tech expected to be a post-pandemic growth industry - AGCanada - AGCanada

Ag, food sectors may seek out more e-commerce, labour-saving tools. More »

'New Nevada': Some economic development leaders say pandemic should drive diversification - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper

While the state is entering the first phase of reopening its economy today, don’t expect unemployment numbers to immediately recover and companies to quickly rehire, Jonas Peterson, president and chief executive officer of the Las Vegas Global Alliance, told the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition Thursday. He was one of several economic development experts to address the 10-member body consisting of local elected officials from the region. More »

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