With the right trade-offs and strategic partnerships, original equipment manufacturers still have a chance to keep up in the race for electric and autonomous mobility. AT A GLANCE Bain forecasts the electric vehicle market will start rapidly scaling around 2024, escalating original equipment... Continue Reading
Essential Takes on Leading Economic Indicators - Real GDP Jumped 33.1% at Annual Rate in Q3, Still Down 3.5% Year to Date The U.S. economy bounced back strongly, jumping 33.1% at the annual rate in the third quarter, the largest increase in the history of the series, which dates to... Continue Reading
Boeing continues working toward development of a new commercial aircraft, though Chief Executive David Calhoun has disclosed few details. Calhoun mentioned the project during the company’s third-quarter earnings call on October 28th. “We have some incredible underlying technologies... Continue Reading
Executive survey shows realignment, adapting to new customer preferences, and increased remote work. 2020 will soon be behind us. As many executives heave a sigh of relief, they are also preparing for a dramatically different environment in 2021. Recent economic challenges have forced... Continue Reading
The MTI Board of Trustees met this past week in Nashville, Tennessee for their annual Fall Board Meeting. The Trustees had a full slate of big topics on their agenda. One of the big steps that the Board took was to approve funding to enhance MTI’s quarterly heat treat sales forecasting... Continue Reading
IHS Markit's gauge of US business activity rose to 55.5 in October from 54.3, signaling the fastest pace of growth since February 2019. Service-industry activity gained to 56 from 54.6, while manufacturing activity improved slightly to 53.3 from 53.2. Readings above 50 indicate... Continue Reading
Billions of devices -- including security cameras, smart TVs, and manufacturing equipment -- are largely unmanaged and increase an organization's risk. When FedEx subsidiary TNT Express was hit by ransomware in 2017, its delivery units were crippled and much of its shipping operations ground to... Continue Reading
Learn about the four key factors of brilliant innovation – and the balancing act to combine them. Here are some hands-on tips and tricks. Brilliant innovation that hits all the right notes is every company’s Holy Grail. We like to call it the innovation sweet spot: get it right with... Continue Reading
On September 30, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding an employer’s obligation to report to OSHA cases of work-related COVID-19. The FAQs build upon previous OSHA guidance governing when and how to record... Continue Reading
A mishmash of tools, methods, and approaches doesn’t help matters. There’s been a problem simmering in the Lean world for years. The problem is the overwhelmingly high failure rate. What failure means is subject to interpretation, but the available surveys and studies done reflect a... Continue Reading
Why It Matters and How APPI Energy Can Shed Valuable Light on Your Current (and Future) Contract Last month, we launched the first in a 2-part series on Understanding Your Energy Contract, taking a closer look at the nuts and bolts of your energy contract, but also diving into the common... Continue Reading
Bad actors use machine learning to break passwords more quickly and build malware that knows how to hide, experts warn. Three cybersecurity experts explained how artificial intelligence and machine learning can be used to evade cybersecurity defenses and make breaches faster and more efficient... Continue Reading
