{"id":5488,"date":"2020-06-11T09:35:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T09:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/?p=5488"},"modified":"2020-06-15T13:23:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T13:23:59","slug":"week-24-in-manufacturing-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/week-24-in-manufacturing-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 24 in Manufacturing News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Unexpected Drop in U.S. Unemployment Helps Markets Rally; Investment plan could create up to 150,000 jobs, say unions; Why Automation Is Crucial To Manufacturing Resiliency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/petrochemical-industry-on-sunset..jpg\" alt=\"petrochemical-industry-on-sunset.\" class=\"wp-image-5491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/petrochemical-industry-on-sunset..jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/petrochemical-industry-on-sunset.-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/petrochemical-industry-on-sunset.-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"link-16cccf58\">Unexpected Drop in U.S. Unemployment Helps Markets Rally<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Unemployment fell to 13.3 percent in May, with a gain of 2.5 million jobs.<\/li><li>Stocks surge as jobs report defies expectations. The Nasdaq is just shy of a record.<\/li><li>The rehiring bonanza at restaurants helped to lift payrolls.<\/li><li>Joseph Biden criticizes President Trump\u2019s handling of the economy.<\/li><li>Consider the economic pain that the unemployment rate leaves out.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"861\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-1.png\" alt=\"Drop-in-U.S-Unemployment\" class=\"wp-image-5489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-1.png 861w, https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-1-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-1-768x204.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"The New York Times (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/nyti.ms\/3dBqvqd\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Investment Plan Could Create up to 150,000 Jobs, Say Unions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Up to 150,000 jobs could be created if the Scottish government invested \u00a313bn in new infrastructure projects, a new study has claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) research said the posts could be created in areas such as offshore wind and renewables manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A further 50,000 jobs could be created in retrofitting buildings to higher standards, the report claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"BBC (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-scotland-scotland-business-52863326?intlink_from_url=https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/topics\/c0repy5vn95t\/manufacturing&amp;link_location=live-reporting-story\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Automation Is Crucial To Manufacturing Resiliency<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The economic crisis brought on by Covid-19 has uncovered hidden vulnerabilities in global supply chains. One of the most glaring: a lack of responsiveness and adaptability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just as the software industry was dramatically changed by the introduction of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">software-as-a-service<\/a>, automation can now be leveraged by essentially hiring a robot. That shifts capital expenditures to operating expenses, minimizing both cost and risk for manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Forbes (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/amarhanspal\/2020\/06\/09\/why-automation-is-crucial-to-manufacturing-resiliency\/#109ec91130d0\" target=\"_blank\">Forbes<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unexpected Drop in U.S. Unemployment Helps Markets Rally; Investment plan could create up to 150,000 jobs, say unions; Why Automation Is Crucial To Manufacturing Resiliency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[3,59],"class_list":["post-5488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-manufacturing","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 24 in Manufacturing News - Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Manufacturing news week 24. 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