Manufacturing

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For Ocean Spray, transportation costs are pushing them to a novel solution: partner with competitors to cut transport fuel costs by 40% and carbon emissions by 20%.

Logistics and shipping costs were the major threat to supply chains, affecting 52% of manufacturers, up from 37% a year earlier. That was the finding in a 2012 annual survey by MFG.com, an online marketplace for manufacturers and suppliers. Another concern was fuel oil prices, affecting 29% of manufacturers, steady for both years.

Attend the 2013 NTMA Purchasing Fair, May 16-17, 2013, Indianapolis, IN

FREE REGISTRATION & LODGING FOR SOURCING PROFESSIONALS

The focus of the upcoming NTMA Purchasing Fair on May 16-17 at the JW Marriott Indianapolis is to align OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and large companies with highly competitive and skilled domestic small- to medium-sized manufacturers.

Benefits to Attending

As the chairman and founder of MFG.com, one of the things I am the most proud of is that we have made it possible for buyers of custom manufactured parts to get great prices while simultaneously allowing suppliers to increase their profit margins. How is this possible? By connecting buyers of custom parts with the matched niche suppliers at the right moment in time. 

"While U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about 2013 growth, they are even more concerned about intellectual property theft, tax increases and rising oil prices this year,” says Mitch Free, CEO, MFG.com.  “Although reshoring continues its sluggish progress, it does appear that manufacturing in the United..."

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Low skill manufacturing jobs are not coming back to the United States. We just can’t compete with low cost countries when it comes to labor costs.  However, the technology and innovation we are developing for manufacturing automation, processes and materials is unmatched.  The high tech manufacturing jobs we are creating in the U.S.

MFG.com released the latest MFGWatch 2013 manufacturing forecast today based on a survey of 8,840 sourcing professionals in North America.  The themes that emerged from the survey paint a picture of optimism and growth with a measured approach.

A few of the most notable themes are:

The March 1^st deadline for indiscriminate budget cuts required by the Budget Control Act of 2011 is bearing down on us quickly.  You have probably heard of this referred to as sequestration.   It’s a shame that our politicians have procrastinated and not done the job we pay them to do.  If they cannot agree on a plan to pay off our debt and get us living within our means by March 1^st, havoc will be wreaked on our economy and the pilot light of our future snuffed out due the indiscriminate nature of the budget cuts.