{"id":2659,"date":"2019-04-04T11:13:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T11:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/?p=2659"},"modified":"2024-03-14T11:52:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T11:52:52","slug":"week-14-in-manufacturing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/week-14-in-manufacturing-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 14 in Manufacturing News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">U.S., Europe, China and Japan PMI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the U.S., the rate of expansion in manufacturing was the weakest since June 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eurozone manufacturing readings&nbsp;were&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-eurozone-economy-pmi\/euro-zone-business-growth-worse-than-expected-in-march-pmi-idUSKCN1R30XW\" target=\"_blank\">much worse than expected<\/a>&nbsp;last month, as factory activity contracted at the fastest pace in nearly 6 years. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>China&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/link.axios.com\/click\/16444377.22245\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmxvb21iZXJnLmNvbS9uZXdzL2FydGljbGVzLzIwMTktMDMtMzEvY2hpbmEtcy1mYWN0b3J5LXJlYm91bmQtaGVyYWxkcy1pbXByb3ZlbWVudC1pbi1nbG9iYWwtb3V0bG9vaz91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc21hcmtldHMmc3RyZWFtPWJ1c2luZXNz\/5c1bb3faa7773907ff7032caB1fb28f42\" target=\"_blank\">manufacturing sector<\/a>&nbsp;returned to growth in March. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Japan&#8217;s Nikkei-Markit manufacturing PMI&nbsp;for March capped the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Business\/Markets\/Nikkei-PMI\/Japan-manufacturing-PMI-remains-weak-in-March\" target=\"_blank\">worst quarterly performance in the sector&nbsp;<\/a>since the second quarter of 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"AXIOS  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/china-manufacturing-rises-da00f48a-f121-4fc5-aa30-9d375b12c4cf.html\" target=\"_blank\">AXIOS.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">U.S. manufacturing rebounds in March, ISM index shows<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>American manufacturing recovered a bit in March after hitting a two-year low in the prior month.  The Institute for Supply Management said its manufacturing index\u00a0rose to 55.3% last month from 54.2% in February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: MarketWatch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UK manufacturing growth vulnerable to post-Brexit tariffs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The recovery of UK manufacturing has relied heavily on growth in just four industries &#8211; <g class=\"gr_ gr_92 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"92\" data-gr-id=\"92\">manufacture<\/g> of food, motor vehicles and other transport equipment and the repair of machinery. And Brexit trade barriers have the potential to have the highest impact on these industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Financial Times. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/61c35b04-5540-11e9-91f9-b6515a54c5b1\" target=\"_blank\">Financial Times.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oracle ERP lawsuit underscores installation hardships for big systems<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The ERP lawsuit by Worth &amp; Co., over its $4.5 million <g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">project<\/g>, underscores a major problem with big systems. These are large and risky projects often leading to cost and schedule overruns.  Lawsuits over ERP deployment&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/searcherp.techtarget.com\/news\/252454237\/MillerCoors-ERP-lawsuit-begins-harshly-ends-softly\" target=\"_blank\">are far from rare.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the survey of 249 enterprises, only 27% reported a positive ROI within two years of implementing an ERP system, 43% reported that they broke even, and 30% reported a negative return on investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"SearchERP (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/searcherp.techtarget.com\/news\/252458282\/Oracle-ERP-lawsuit-underscores-installation-hardships-for-big-systems\" target=\"_blank\">SearchERP.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S., Europe, China and Japan PMI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[3,57,59],"class_list":["post-2659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-manufacturing","tag-manufacturing-news","tag-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Week 14 in Manufacturing News - Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Manufacturing news week 14. 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