The second half of the 20th century saw globalization thrive. Supply chains expanded across the globe, pursuing cheap and reliable labor as shipping costs plummeted. China’s ascent flooded the market ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty-one years ago, when Sara Irvani’s grandfather launched a footwear company in Buford, Georgia, half the nation’s shoes were ...

Salesforce has launched clouds for manufacturing and consumer product goods companies as it continues to target industries and take on the likes of SAP and Oracle through its customer-focused platform ...

Since on-demand manufacturing emerged about a decade ago, it has been gradually picking up steam. Driven by the explosive growth of ecommerce and shifting consumer preferences, on-demand, also known ...

The three-month average of durable goods orders rose to a new record in July of $319.5 billion, up by 11.3% year-over-year. Durable goods orders without “Nondefense aircraft and parts” rose to $284 ...

U.S. manufacturing of durable goods, which has been lagging the wider recovery of the U.S. economy, hit an all-time high in June when $270.5B worth of goods was produced. This brings total ...

Two measures commonly used by the government to measure manufacturing’s overall impact on society are badly underestimating the impact of that critical sector. One is the proportion of gross domestic ...