manufacturing

The Order To Cash Cycle Seeks Its Automated Reinvention

The Order To Cash Cycle Seeks Its Automated Reinvention
The Order To Cash Cycle Seeks Its Automated Reinvention
October 10, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Managing supply chains and B2B payments means firms have to navigate complex order to cash (O2C) cycles. Brandon Spear, president at MSTS, tells Karen Webster...

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China To Send Gov’t. Reps To Private Firms To ‘Boost Local Manufacturing Industry’
China To Send Gov’t. Reps To Private Firms To ‘Boost Local Manufacturing Industry’
September 23, 2019  |  International

China is set to assign government officials to work with 100 private companies, including eCommerce giant Alibaba, to “boost the local manufacturing industry,” according to...

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Apple Shows Reliance On China Ahead Of New Tariffs
Apple Shows Reliance On China Ahead Of New Tariffs
August 28, 2019  |  International

Supply chain data from Apple indicates the tech firm is still dependent on China despite using manufacturing plants in Brazil and India, Reuters reported on...

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Rethreading How Apparel Gets Made
Rethreading How Apparel Gets Made
July 24, 2019  |  Retail

The apparel industry is famous, or perhaps more appropriately infamous, for its high and growing level of environmental impact. Globally, consumers purchased 60 percent more clothing...

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Manufacturing Slowdown Could Reveal Deeper Issues Among SMBs
Manufacturing Slowdown Could Reveal Deeper Issues Among SMBs
April 01, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Small businesses (SMBs) make up more than 98 percent of the U.S. manufacturing sector, according to the National Association of Manufacturers. So when small business...

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Ex-GM EVP Finds A New Home At Amazon
Ex-GM EVP Finds A New Home At Amazon
March 01, 2019  |  Amazon

Amazon has hired General Motors‘ (GMs’) executive vice president of global manufacturing. Citing sources familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Alicia Boler...

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Alphabet’s Waymo Considered Volvo, Uber Pair-Up
Alphabet’s Waymo Considered Volvo, Uber Pair-Up
January 30, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

An internal document has revealed that Waymo, the former self-driving vehicle unit of Google, met with more than 12 carmakers, including Volvo, as it searched for manufacturing...

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Study: Automation Will Hurt Manufacturing-Heavy Midwest
Study: Automation Will Hurt Manufacturing-Heavy Midwest
January 24, 2019  |  Economy

Manufacturing-heavy states in the Midwest will be hit hardest by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation for lower-skilled jobs, according to a new...

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Panasonic Introduces New Tech Solutions For Manufacturing, Logistics, Retail
Panasonic Introduces New Tech Solutions For Manufacturing, Logistics, Retail
January 14, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Panasonic has announced that it will showcase its latest collection of technology solutions for customers in the manufacturing, logistics and retail sectors at NRF 2019: Retail’s...

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