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    Data and Statistics

    Industry 4.0 Gains Are Ahead of the Tools to Measure Them

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    Productivity metrics are in dire need of an overhaul.

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    Competitiveness

    China’s Threat to Ban Critical Mineral Exports Is Not a Bluff

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    Rare-earth mineral restrictions are a very real option that the US should be actively preparing for.
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    Public Policy

    CEOs Need a Game Plan as US Elections Approach

    July 22, 2024
    Amid uncertainty in Trump vs. Harris and the upcoming Congressional elections, strategic paths forward for business are becoming clear.
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    Education / Training

    The US Needs Workers. Germany's Apprenticeship Model Can Help.

    July 19, 2024
    Reshoring will fail without a skilled workforce pipeline.

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    So That Happened: Get Those New Workers Trained!

    July 17, 2024
    IndustryWeek editors look into those stories and the latest steel company purchase by Cleveland-Cliffs, attitudes on AI and XR and how automakers are spending federal EV dollars...

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    Procurement

    Successful Cost Optimization Strategies for Manufacturing and Industrial Organizations

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    How M&I organizations can use a B2B marketplace to take better control over indirect spend, streamline procurement processes, save money, and gain a competitive edge.

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    The Economy

    Reshoring Manufacturing: Pharma, Trucking, Plastics Insights (Production Pulse)

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    As the IndustryWeek Operations Leadership Summit draws closer, we hear from two of the speakers and get an overview of the inaugural event.
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    Regulations

    Production Pulse: EPA Regulatory Actions Hit Overdrive in April

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