Manufacturing
How Global Conflicts Are Reshaping The Startup Playbook
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Once a nation captures the market share, the profits, the innovation ecosystems — it is extraordinarily difficult for competitors to dislodge that advantage.
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AI Is Essential—So Why Are Manufacturers Still On Spreadsheets?
According to Fictiv's 2026 State of Manufacturing & Supply Chain Report, 95% of manufacturing leaders say implementing AI is vital to their company's future success.
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In many ways, what’s happening on Ohio factory floors reflects the reality facing manufacturers across the country. And right now, the picture is clear. Despite the headwinds, manufacturers are holding steady under pressure. CEOs aren’t retreating, they’re recalibrating.
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When Volatility Is the Operating Environment, The Path to Stability Has to Evolve
From tariff turmoil at home to instability in the Middle East, manufacturers face operations defined by volatility and should protect their short-term balance sheets.
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Democratic officeholders must decide whether to continue their opposition to tariffs after Donald Trump leaves the White House.
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How Lilly Used AI To Crank Up Production Of Its Popular GLP-1s
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How Businesses Shift Supply Chains In Times Of Global Conflict
As conflict rages across the Middle East, history offers lessons for entrepreneurs and small business on how to shift supply chains during global uncertainty.
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As the war in Iran begins to disrupt markets and capital flows, founders and small businesses must adapt and integrate smarter risk management.
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Iran Conflict Disrupts Supply Chains As Dual Chokepoint Crisis Unfolds
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Today’s The Day To Train Tomorrow’s Robot Overlords. Yesterday Would’ve Been Better.
Labor is breaking. Robots are scaling. The real bottleneck isn’t hardware, it’s orchestration. Train humans to lead machines before it’s too late.
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You Can Now Rent This Robot For $1,000 Per Day
Want a robot? You can now get a humanoid robot from Agibot delivered, set up, and running for the low, low price of $1,000 a day ...
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The 2026 Manufacturing Shifts You Can’t Ignore
Dave Evans shares the results of Fictiv and MISUMI's 2026 State of Manufacturing & Supply Chain - a survey of 300+ leaders on the future of manufacturing.
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The Market’s Mixed Leadership May Be Rotation, Not A Recession Signal
Mega-cap winners are getting re-priced. The money is spreading into cyclical sectors, with defensives acting more like insurance than a verdict on the economy.
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Digit Gets A Job: Agility Robotics And Toyota Sign Robots-As-A-Service Deal
The humanoid robots are coming! Agility Robotics' Digit gets yet another paying job ... this time making RAV4s with Toyota.
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Debugging The Real World: Video As Manufacturing’s Playback Layer
Video, elevated by language models and grounded in operational context, is emerging as the connective tissue that makes existing manufacturing data intelligible.
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