Welcome to the IndustryWeek Weekly Reads, where we share the top content from the past seven days. Technology, onshoring and the potential loss of federal funding lead the topics, but as always, plenty of additional offerings caught the IW community's attention. The Top 10 are:
Build or Buy Your MES? Lessons from Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence: If off-the-shelf manufacturing execution systems don't fit the bill, developing your own MES provides real advantages.
Well-Played in USA: Why Onshoring Makes Good Business Sense: Our Made-in-America commitment has helped us to achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of between 40-50% every year since 2014.
Leveling Up Condition-Based Maintenance With AI, Machine Learning: Advanced technology can detect and analyze much finer data points, finding problems well before they hit.
Congress Must Preserve the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program: Here in Indiana, Purdue University MEP Center has achieved almost $8 billion in economic impact. It is expected to lose its federal funding July 1.
Proactive Problem-Solving Decants a Bourbon-Bottle Mystery: ... and more stories of empowering employees to deduce root causes on the plant floor.
Rivian Leaders Talk Policies, Brand Awareness and Vehicle Architecture: CEO RJ Scaringe and his team want to appeal to more customers as they add to the automaker’s product offerings.
Profits Plunge, Sticker Shock and Why Industry 4.0 Isn't So Sexy Anymore: IndustryWeek's Weekly Reads: Also, GM announces billions in domestic manufacturing investment, and let's talk off-the-shelf technology versus homegrown.
Manufacturing Revenues, Profits Plunge: 2025 IndustryWeek U.S. 500: Massive losses at a handful of critical companies draw the index down sharply for 2025.
Boeing's 737 Max Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers (2019 article): Mark Rabin, a former software engineer, recalled one manager saying at an all-hands meeting that Boeing didn’t need senior engineers because its products were mature.
Mental Health Drives Operations Gains (Production Pulse): Understanding mental health first aid offers safety and operational benefits.
