Imports of materials by manufacturers contracted during August as the Imports Index registered 48.5 percent, 2 percentage points higher than the …
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Trends & Observations
Report details changes in U.S. manufacturing new orders, employment, inventories
CEA poll: Most Democrats like global manufacturing, free markets
The majority of Democrats believe that overseas trade has been a personally positive development, particularly in…
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Electronics inventory Olympics review
EMS inventory days rose less than one-half day to 49 days, worse than the historical 1.4 day decline for a …
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Females better than males when negotiating salary
Evidence of a link between profitability and women at the top is growing. Recent research from McKinsey found that European companies with …
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Three year forecast: EMS without Sanmina-SCI
The main question, at least on the minds of investors, is whether or not the Company can turn itself around. The question on the mind of OEM executives is …
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Japan and other Asia printed wiring board production challenges for Q1, 2008
June 3, 2008 – A recent article from Densan Shimpoh, an industrial publication in Japan, cited several PWB shops closing during the …
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China’s fall from grace and the Samsung scandal
Many people within the industry were not so reluctant or restrained to comment on the situation, and felt this latest bulletin was …
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Study: Globalization is inevitable, accelerating, positive despite protectionism, economic downturn
54% of participants worldwide said that they planned to use globalization initiatives to make business processes more efficient and effective. The findings also reveal that politically-led trade protectionism or a major economic downturn are seen by study participants as the only major threats to the continued growth of globalization. Yet, despite these perceived threats, 90 percent of the 217 executives questioned viewed globalization as inevitable.
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Global poll finds eroding support for free markets
April 17, 2008 – Displacing France as the least supportive of the free market system today is Turkey where approval …
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EMS segment performance
The performance of many large, global EMS companies such as Jabil Circuit, Flextronics, Celestica, to name a few, is surely not …
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