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Nudge

The Deskless Report

Nudge surveyed 865 deskless workers and 300 leaders to answer a question: “What’s the state of the deskless workforce?” In exploring the viewpoints of both workers and leaders, this report...

Aberdeen

Realizing Value by Applying Analytics to Warehouse Management Systems Execution and Omni-Channel Fulfillment

Realizing value is essential and can be done by applying analytics to warehouse management systems execution and omni-channel fulfillment.

Apprenticeships

The Next-Gen IMT Apprenticeship: A Return on Investment Study

This study measures the business impact of the Industrial Manufacturing Technician Registered Apprenticeship program on six apprenticeship sponsors.

CGS

Trends 2021: Outsourcing Decisions & Customer Services Investments in Light of Changes from 2020

As a result of the disruption caused by COVID-19 in 2020, four trends came to the fore: work from home, customer behavior, digital transformation and investing in automation. These four shifts show...

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The Manufacturing Institute Training Survey

The Manufacturing Institute fielded a first-of-its-kind survey of member manufacturing companies in order to examine how manufacturers are employing innovative programs to train new workers and...

JointEc

The National Cannabis Economy

The legalization of cannabis has significant implications for state economies, as well as the national economy.

ResearchGate

World Trends in Warehousing Logistics

Logistics as well as supply chain management, is a fast changing field of economic activity, because it deals with different types of companies, different goods, different countries and continents,...

Rand

An Analysis of Education and Training Programs in Advanced Manufacturing Using Robotics

There is much information and misinformation about the future of work as it relates to robots and jobs in manufacturing. The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute (ARM) engaged the RAND...

The Manufacturing Institute

A Hiring Engine: A Breakdown of the Job Openings in Manufacturing

This paper seeks to shed light on some of the opportunities to continue the positive momentum in the manufacturing industry. It undertakes in-depth analysis of the employment trends in manufacturing,...

KPMG

Cost of Manufacturing Operations Around the Globe

This study compares the primary and secondary factors that impact the cost of operations (Cost of Doing Business or CoDB) of a business conducting manufacturing operations in the United States...