I SM also says that the overall economy continued in expansion for the 24th consecutive month. The PMI itself tracks closely but not exactly with the overall US economy. A Manufac ...

First Sipes notes that many industrial automation markets slowed in 2024 and 2025 as geopolitical uncertainty delayed investment. She adds that project delays weakened demand for ...

As many readers may know, I took a tour as an analyst from roughly 1998 to 2000, with a company called META Group, out of Stamford, CT. Though little remembered today, at the time META was the second ...

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.The latest quarterly US Bank Freight Payment Index – Rates Edition showed contract and spot rates following different paths from June through August (Q3). Produced in collaboration with DAT Freight & ...

Analyst firm ARC Advisory Group is out with its latest report on Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). While there is a fee for that usually excellent report, there are some interesting comments from ...

This year has brought soaring oil and diesel costs, to over $100 per barrel and more than $6.00 per gallon, respectively, putting pressure on the economy, transportation costs and the price of nearly ...

Track whether planners use new capabilities as intended, reduce manual workarounds, avoid reverting to legacy tools and improve decision effectiveness in their daily planning routines.

Treat autonomy as a per-use-case decision rather than scaling every use case to the same level at once. Some processes are ready for AI to act autonomously within guardrails; others should stay at ...

That is now the number of consecutive months the Purchasing Managers Index from the Institute for Supply Management has been above the key 50 mark that separates US manufacturing expansion from ...

MHI - trade association for the broad materials handing sector - made quite a stir with the announcement in April that it was launching a new tradeshow and conference two years from next week, October ...