Relocating Manufacturing

1. United States is still a manufacturing powerhouse in many sectors, but it surprises many people that a huge number of everyday basic items have to be imported. 

2. The current pandemic-related shortages have fueled calls from political leaders of both parties for U.S. manufacturers to start producing critical supplies domestically. And long before the pandemic, President Trump was pushing U.S. companies to bring back production from overseas.

3. The issue is complex and defies easy solutions. The challenge lies in a combination of how modern supply networks are structured and the operational metrics applied to manufacturers. 

4. Taken together, the United States and other advanced industrial economies have evolved a highly efficient and productive product manufacturing-and-delivery system that provides them with a cornucopia of products at relatively low costs. But inherent in that system are dependencies and expectations that the pandemic has called into question.

Product Spotlight - How Ohm's Law Affects Level Sensors & Pressure Transducers

1. Occasionally, we hear puzzling tales of sensors that just won’t work, even though troubleshooting measures confirm the sensor is operational. If this ever happens to you, it’s worth taking a look at the cable between the sensor and your control system input.

2. There are two forces at play that need to be managed: resistance and noise. The effects of each are critical to receiving your sensor’s signal. One is just a part of the equation, while the other is a persistent threat. Let’s take a look at resistance, and deal with noise as we go along.

Achieving Win-Win Spin-Offs

1. Corporate spin-off can liberate a parent company and a divested business unit from capital and bureaucratic constraints, so they can pursue strategies they couldn’t otherwise. Yet their fates often remain linked. 

2. For a spin-off to truly succeed, both ParentCo and SpinCo (and their investors) should end up in a place better than the one where they started. Indeed,  empirical research suggests that spin-offs outperform by supporting the long-term growth and value-creation opportunities of both entities.

3. Getting to a win–win outcome is often easier said than done, however. Business leaders run into roadblocks when they make critical decisions about the structure of the arrangements between ParentCo and SpinCo and the execution of the spin-off itself—for instance, defining its scope, allocating talent and resources across both entities, and dealing with capital and stranded costs.

4. Four factors critical for achieving win–win spin-offs: a quick transition toward growth, operational excellence, leadership time and attention, and culture and talent.

Servitization of Machine by Manufacturers Generating New Revenue Stream

1. The manufacturing industry has continually embraced concepts that increased its ability to innovate and meet its customers' changing needs or requirements. 

2. Adopting digital transformation- solutions to implement Industrie 4.0 business models is one example of the importance manufacturers place on optimizing traditional processes to improve productivity. 

3. Likewise, servitization of the machine offers manufacturers a pathway to generate a constant revenue stream over decades.