Trisha Epp, Director of Innovation at Freelancer, explains how a NASA-tested, crowdsourced approach to solving technical challenges is now available to manufacturers.
WASHINGTON—
U.S. manufacturing activity grew in January and has returned to expansion for the first time in a year, driven by a sharp rebound in new orders. Factory operators, however, are still navigating higher input costs, labor pressure and supply chain strain.
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica—
Costa Rica has become a major global center for medical device manufacturing, driven by sustained export growth, expanding production capacity and a deepening local supply chain, according to a new analysis of the sector.
SAN FRANCISCO—After more than a decade of testing inside federal agencies, a crowdsourced innovation model that has delivered faster and cheaper engineering solutions for NASA and other government organizations is now being opened to manufacturers.
STOCKHOLM—Engineers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology recently discovered that companies can shave 15 percent off their expenses by remanufacturing and reusing components.
MCLEAN, VA—U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $437.9 million, an increase of 41.6 percent over March 2020, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report recently published by AMT–The Association For Manufacturing Technology.
WASHINGTON—New orders for U.S.-made goods increased solidly in September, but further gains could be limited amid an anticipated slowdown in consumer spending as government money for businesses and workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic runs out.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) has introduced legislation that would establish an independent federal institute—the National Institute of Manufacturing (NIM)—to serve as a hub for federal manufacturing programs.
CHICAGO—A measure of the U.S. economy from the Chicago Federal Reserve steadied in August, due to a modest ramping up of output at the nation’s factories compared to earlier in the summer. The Chicago Fed’s index of national economic activity registered at a positive 0.18 last month, unchanged from a slightly upwardly revised July reading.
WASHINGTON—New orders for U.S.-made goods rose more than expected in March, boosted by strong demand for transportation equipment and a range of other products, but there are signs that business spending on equipment is slowing, the Commerce Department said last week. Factory goods orders rose 1.6 percent, Data for February was revised up to show orders jumping 1.6 percent instead of the previously reported 1.2 percent increase.
