Who Said 'No' to Tariffs, and Where Did Humanoid Robots Stage a Meet and Greet? IndustryWeek's Weekly Review
The IndustryWeek manufacturing community explored a wide range of topics on IndustryWeek.com in the past seven days, according to the latest IW Weekly Review. Two of the Top 10 most-consumed content items, listed below, touched on robots and two related to continuous-improvement themes, while the remainder addressed tariffs, drones and whole lot more.
The Top 10 are:
US Trade Court Rules Against Trump's Global 10% Tariff: The decision found that the latest duty was not justified under the 1970s law cited in its implementation.
Automation Won’t Save You If Nobody Uses It Correctly: Adoption failure and dashboard blind spots are killing enterprise program efficiency. Here’s what actually works—from the field.
When Can We Say We Are Lean? Part 1: Dr. Mohamed Saleh and John Dyer, hosts of Behind the Curtain: Adventures in Continuous Improvement, discuss why the question 'When can we say we are lean?' is so concerning if team-based continuous improvement is the goal. They discuss the three 'mindset violations' of this question and dig into the perspective of lean as a journey, not a destination.
Meet the Humanoid Robots that May Replace Us All: Hannover Messe Edition: What makes one humanoid robot different from all the others at the show? We tried to find out.
Drones Gain Altitude in Manufacturing Facilities (and Challenges Emerge): As the technology improves, cybersecurity concerns multiply and the need for sophisticated data integration ramps up.
Does Standardized Work Stifle Creativity in Continuous Improvement? Consider standard work as a baseline for improvement, not a prison, say the hosts of Behind the Curtain: Adventures in Continuous Improvement.
Agentic AI Could Make Robots Affordable for Small Businesses: Siemens revealed new software at Hannover Messe meant to ease automation and integration and increase speed to ROI.
US Consumer Inflation Hits Three-Year High Fueled by Iran War: In April, the U.S. price index for energy rose 17.9% compared to a year ago, BLS data showed, by far the largest price jump for any category.
When Leaders Must Step In and Textron's Big Split: IndustryWeek's Weekly Review: The IndustryWeek manufacturing community members turned their attention to those topics, as well as reviewing the latest EV updates from auto manufacturers Rivian and Nissan, digging deep into continuous improvement with emphases on standardized work and Six Sigma black belts, learning why automation is failing them, and more.
April Jobs Report: US Employment Increases by 115,000 as Unemployment Holds at 4.3%: The U.S. manufacturing industry lost 2,000 jobs last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report.