Our spring outlook examines how manufacturing companies can thoughtfully incorporate robotics into their business models, lessons learned from the auto industry when it comes to automation, the oil and gas workforce landscape, and the labor implications of elevated capital expenditure investments. … READ MORE >
industrials
What Biden’s $1.2T infrastructure package means for manufacturing and energy
While construction sector businesses are perhaps the clearest category that will benefit, so will companies throughout the industrial supply chain, including steel and material suppliers, engineering services firms, and more. … READ MORE >
The LIBOR transition could affect manufacturing companies
Given the various departments, business units and locations that are part of global manufacturing companies’ structure, the direct and indirect exposures can be quite substantial. … READ MORE >
This week in energy: Global shortage, Canada fossil fuels, Northam conference hot topics
In this week’s energy industry analysis, we take a look at the continuing global energy crunch, what the increased demand for fossil fuels means for Canada, and highlights from the Northam Energy Capital Assembly conference. … READ MORE >
Canada manufacturing sales hit new high amid rising energy demand
Middle market businesses in manufacturing not experiencing supply chain issues will benefit from high demand, while others will see industrial product price increases. … READ MORE >
Government services executives highlight 5 trends from Q2
While government services contractors battle a tight labor market and continued supply chain disruptions, they are excited for what the future holds relating to infrastructure, artificial intelligence and zero-trust cybersecurity. … READ MORE >
Global manufacturing activity and delta-induced supply chain disruptions
Rising costs and supply chain constraints continue to disrupt U.S. manufacturing activity and may worsen as the world’s factory floors brace for more shutdowns linked to the spread of the coronavirus delta variant. Even U.S. companies that do not have operations in other countries can expect to feel the strain, considering they likely have global suppliers somewhere in their supply chain. … READ MORE >
3 things to know in energy: OPEC+ compromise, coal-to-gas conversion, pipeline cybersecurity
Biweekly, we highlight three things going on in the energy industry that we think you should know about. Here’s the latest. … READ MORE >
The rebirth of industrial policy in the United States
The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act of 2021, a $250 billion legislative package passed in June to facilitate the research and development of science and technology, represents a sea change in U.S. economic strategy and a return of the government’s use of industrial policy. But the embrace of industrial policy to solve economic and strategic problems carries with it considerable possibilities and risks. … READ MORE >
RSM Manufacturing Outlook Index: New orders, sales and sentiment imply economic expansion has begun
Surveys of manufacturers conducted by six regional Federal Reserve banks reflect robust confidence in the outlook for manufacturing, despite being tempered by supply chain bottlenecks and price increases. … READ MORE >