Aerospace & Defense

Thailand Courts Foreign Investment, While Leadership Questions Remain

April 30, 2018

Thailand government officials have a number of colorful ways of characterizing the state of the nation’s economy just prior to the military coup of May, 2014.

Half of Employers Are Struggling to Find Procurement Talent, Report Says

April 27, 2018

Supply Management

More than half (56 percent) of employers said they have struggled to find procurement talent in the last 12 months, according to the 2018 CIPS/Hays Procurement Salary Guide and Insights.

U.S. Is Way Behind Other Nations on Workers' Readiness for Jobs of the Future, Report Says

April 26, 2018

Los Angeles Times

The United States lags behind other countries in readiness for an increasingly automated world, placing ninth on a ranking of 25 advanced economies, according to a new report from Swiss technology giant ABB.

U.S. Navy Explores 3-D Printing With Explosive Materials

April 23, 2018

Maritime Executive

A small consultancy in Chattanooga, Tennessee is helping the U.S. Navy turn explosives into custom shapes using commercial 3-D printing techniques.

Opinion: Aviation Industry May Be Vulnerable to Cyberattack Through Its Global Supply Chain

April 20, 2018

Brian Prentice and Paul Mee, Oliver Wyman, Forbes contributors

In March, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a troubling alert: Since the same month two years before, Russian state-sponsored hackers had been infiltrating the nation’s electricity grid and various infrastructure industries, including aviation, collecting information on how the networks were organized and what systems’ controls they had in place.

Showcase Your Company's Supply Chain Excellence — Three Days to Submit

March 28, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and SupplyChainBrain welcome your entries for the 14th Annual Supply Chain Innovation Award (SCIA) competition.

Showcase Your Company's Supply Chain Excellence — Final Days to Submit

March 26, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and SupplyChainBrain welcome your entries for the 14th Annual Supply Chain Innovation Award (SCIA) competition.

Dress for Success: Boeing, Ford Test Exoskeletons for Employees

March 14, 2018

Industryweek

Musculoskeletal issues account for 33 percent of all workplace injuries, quietly stealing worker quality of life and plant productivity. Major manufacturers from Ford to Boeing have found industrial exoskeletons sometimes are the best answer.

Amazon, Google, Others Are Developing Private Air-Traffic Control for Drones

March 13, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

The commercial drone industry wants to create a privately funded and operated air-traffic control network, separate from the current federal system, to enable widespread operations at low altitudes.

Airbus May Stock Up on Aircraft Parts to Avoid Brexit Delays

March 6, 2018

Industryweek

Airbus SE may need to stock up on the parts it needs to build wings at its U.K. plants to avoid the risk of delays to deliveries once Britain formally leaves the European Union.

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