On September 8th, 2011, MFG.com participated in the NTMA Purchasing Fair in Chicago, IL. The event was held at the Intercontinental Hotel at O'Hare, and was considered a huge success on many levels.
Beginning in the first quarter of 2011, MFG.com expanded its MFGWatch Quarterly Survey of North American Manufacturers to include manufacturers from Europe, the Middle East & Africa (EMEA). The survey was conducted from the MFG.com Paris office, and the second quarterly survey for that region was just completed.
The reshoring movement - repatriating production back to the US from overseas - is gaining steam.
In a piece produced and posted by Reuters Insider, and using data collected in a joint survey by MFG.com and Reuters, the reshoring trend is examined and discussed by CEOs, shop floor workers, economists and journalists.
More North American buy-side manufacturers report they've experienced "a significant supply chain disruption" in the first quarter of 2011. In the latest MFGWatch Survey, 42% of manufacturers say those disruptions were serious enough to require looking for or actually selecting alternative sources of supply.
Submitted by ajsweatt on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 11:37am
In a recent article from The Fabricator titled Strategic Marketing for Manufacturers, sound marketing advice is given to small and midsized manufacturers. There are four main items that form the strategy, and several subtopics. Here's MOJO's take, with some additional advice.
Submitted by ajsweatt on Thu, 08/12/2010 - 10:59am
Manufacturers need all the help they can get these days. Not only can a membership on MFG.com expose manufacturers to prospects and customers from next door to around the world, it can also help you become better at marketing your business.
We've introduced a 4-week training program called MFG.com Boot Camp that comes with each membership in the MFG.com marketplace. The training you'll receive over the first four weeks of your membership is designed to help ensure your success on MFG.com.
I'm not one to latch onto or spread parlor tricks - the usually have no legs, have little nutritional value to manufacturing businesses and they distract us from the real work to be done.
MFG.com has conducted the latest MFGWatch survey of North American manufacturers (select this link for the complete survey results and a downloadable PDF). The survey focused on their activities in the second quarter of 2010, and on their expectations for the third quarter.
Submitted by ajsweatt on Fri, 07/16/2010 - 12:46pm
There are clearly more questions than answers right now about what's caused Apple's iPhone 4 design faux pas. With a company that size and with the command & control that comes with it, that's not surprising. I mean, these guys just KNOW how to manage a message.
