Manufacturing news in the USA

An overview of news, trends and research in the Manufacturing industry in the USA:

Mattel hires ex-McKinsey partner Ken Wee as chief strategy officer Mattel, a toy manufacturing and entertainment company, has hired former McKinsey partner Ken Wee as EVP and chief strategy officer.
11 September 2024
SGS Maine Pointe adds Jim Beach as managing director SGS Maine Pointe, a supply chain and operations consulting firm, has hired Jim Beach as a managing director in its private equity and industrial manufacturing sectors. He is based in Chicago.
02 August 2024
SGS Maine Pointe adds Kevin Hogan as head of industrial and consumer products SGS Maine Pointe, a supply chain and operations consulting firm, has hired Kevin Hogan as a managing director and leader of its industrial and consumer products sector. He is based in Chicago.
18 July 2024
Grant Thornton names leaders for retail and manufacturing practices Grant Thornton US has appointed Lawrence Griff as head of the retail industry practice and Kelly Schindler as head of the manufacturing industry practice.
17 July 2024
SGS Maine Pointe adds Neel Malkani as managing director for private equity & industrials SGS Maine Pointe, a supply chain and operations consulting firm, has hired Neel Malkani as managing director for private equity & industrials.
22 April 2024
Reshoring has matured into a commercial reality, says Kearney Reshoring and nearshoring have moved beyond the drawing table and into a commercial reality, according to Kearney’s 10th annual Reshoring Index report.
17 April 2023
Tom Comfort joins Liberty Advisor Group as partner Tom Comfort has joined Liberty Advisor Group, a Chicago-based management consulting firm, as a partner and leader of the manufacturing and supply chain practice.
27 January 2023
Morf3D partners with Siemens Advanta on new manufacturing facility Morf3D, an El Segundo, CA-based metal additive manufacturing specialist, has partnered with Siemens Advanta Consulting on a new applied digital manufacturing center (AMDC) in Long Beach, CA.
07 July 2022
Deloitte buys industrial cybersecurity expert aeCyberSolutions Deloitte US has acquired the industrial cybersecurity business (aeCyberSolutions) of Greenville, SC-based Applied Engineering Solutions.
17 August 2021
Empirical Consulting Solutions buys OpX Partners Empirical Consulting Solutions (ECS), a Philadelphia-area management consulting firm, has acquired OpX Partners Inc., a boutique operations consultancy.
15 July 2021
US reshoring efforts founder in 2020 after record high in 2019 American manufacturing lost ground to low-cost Asian countries in 2020, according to consulting firm Kearney’s annual reshoring index report.
03 May 2021
PA Consulting, PulPac, and Seismic partner on sustainable packaging PA Consulting, PulPac, and Seismic Solutions have created a global partnership to market a sustainable alternative to single-use plastics.
17 March 2021
Accenture acquires industrial-focused Myrtle Consulting Group Accenture has bought Myrtle Consulting Group, a Houston-based industrial operations consulting firm.
08 October 2020
Cliff Waldman launches consulting firm New World Economics Economist Cliff Waldman has launched New World Economics, a consulting firm focusing on providing research and insights to the manufacturing sector. The new firm is based in Arlington, Virginia.
26 June 2020
Trade war depresses Asian imports, Kearney US Reshoring Index finds US firms in 2019 sourced much fewer manufactured goods from 14 Asian countries as a result of US trade policies, according to the seventh annual US Reshoring Index from consulting firm Kearney.
14 April 2020
BCG teams up with Parsable on digital transformation for industrials Management consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and technology firm Parsable have partnered to help industrial clients accelerate their digital transformation.
31 March 2020
PA Consulting adds new US manufacturing team Innovation and transformation consultancy PA Consulting has welcomed a team of eight operations consultants specializing in the manufacturing sector.
06 March 2020
Infosys partners with GE Appliances IT consultancy Infosys has announced a partnership with GE Appliances.
24 February 2020
Exports a ‘significant opportunity’ for manufacturers LMA Consulting Group Inc. president Lisa Anderson believes that manufacturers should look to exports in order to expand and future-proof their businesses.
24 October 2019
Best practices for outsourcing manufacturing to China For the past 20-odd years, businesses in the US, UK and Europe have increased their cost competitiveness by manufacturing products or components in China, prompting some of them to invest the profits
11 September 2019
Quality 4.0 holds value for manufacturers, though uptake remains low Nearly two-thirds of manufacturers think the application of advanced digital technologies to quality management (Quality 4.0) will significantly affect their operations by 2024.
27 August 2019
West Monroe and GenAlpha team up for manufacturers West Monroe Partners, a national business and technology consulting firm, has partnered with ecommerce software company GenAlpha to provide business optimization advice to organizations operating wit
19 June 2019
Accenture buys industrials tech consultant Zielpuls Accenture has entered an agreement to acquire Germany-based Zielpuls, a technology consultancy supporting clients in the automotive, industrial equipment, medtech, and high-tech industries.
03 May 2019
BCG partners with IIoT platform provider Litmus Automation Boston Consulting Group has partnered with Industrial Internet of Things cloud platform solutions provider Litmus Automation to help clients kick their manufacturing into Industry 4.0. Industry 4.
10 January 2019
Yannick Schilly and Anne Cappel launch new business consultancy in Ohio Two Cincinnati area business leaders – Yannick Schilly and Anne Cappel – have launched business consulting firm Atlix Consulting in Mason, Ohio.
10 October 2018
US manufacturers concerned about skilled labor shortage
27 August 2018
Chinese firms dumping plastic ribbons and bows at high margins in US Preliminary determinations from the US Department of Commerce and International Trade Commission have found that Chinese plastic ribbon producers are dumping their products in the US at margins of be
08 August 2018
US reshoring takes backseat to record high offshore imports Despite anecdotal evidence of reshoring efforts in US manufacturing, imports from traditional offshoring countries in Asia have continued to grow.
27 July 2018
Myrtle Consulting Group acquires Kalium Consulting The Myrtle Consulting Group has announced the acquisition of Kalium Consulting – a specialist in the mining and heavy metal industries.
28 June 2018
US factories at forefront of artificial intelligence adoption Though most industrial firms around the globe are eager to implement AI tech into their processes, a much smaller amount have already integrated AI into their businesses.
17 May 2018
US manufacturing supply base weakened by cheaper imports US manufacturing has witnessed a steep decline in its fortunes in recent years.
09 November 2017
Income inequality highlights US manufacturing stress Stagnant salaries and global supply chain flux are hitting US workers where it hurts the most - in their pockets.
02 November 2017

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