AGMA Webinar: The End of the World ... and Other opportunities | April 15 | 1:00pm Eastern Three speakers from the AGMA/ABMA Annual Meeting will be providing webinars in coming months. Our first is next week with Peter Zeihan: The era of globalization is dependent upon freedom of the seas, American security overwatch, and a global consumer base—all of which were coming to an end before coronavirus erupted upon the world. The pre-coronavirus pace of change, already among the most rapid in history, has now accelerated greatly. Join us as Peter Zeihan walks us through the causes and consequences, the actions and inactions, which have made and are unmaking our world.
Visit https://www.agma.org/education/online/webinars/the-end-of-the-worldand-other-opportunities/ to view the full article online.
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Design World We’re moving at great speed through a crisis that began as a post Chinese New Year supply chain disruption in Wuhan and has now, like the virus itself, spread around the world. The human impact of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) will be huge and the safety of those at risk is, of course, top of mind. In the meantime, we’re dealing with a disruption that is unprecedented and unpredictable. Most recently we’ve seen that supply chain disruption amplified and disruptions to demand and workplace practices pile on to create a perfect storm that will challenge the industry in the short term and change it in the medium term.
Visit https://www.designworldonline.com/covid-19-and-the-rapidly-evolving-role-of-us-manufacturing/ to view the full article online.
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Today’s Motor Vehicles General Motors and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agreed to a $489.4 million contract for the automaker to supply 30,000 ventilators to the government by the end of August with more than 6,000 due by the end of June.
Visit https://www.todaysmotorvehicles.com/article/gm-hhs-ventilator-contract/ to view the full article online.
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AGMA has offered, for years now, the option to take some of our most popular courses online. We know that the current COVID-19 situation has disabled the ability to host face-to-face education, but we don’t want our industry to stop learning.
Visit https://www.agma.org/education/online/ to view the full article online.
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3D Print Virginia-based company MELD Manufacturing Corporation was launched in the spring of 2018 as a subsidiary of Aeroprobe Corporation, which produces instruments that provide and measure real-time air and flow data. Aeroprobe had been working with the Edison Welding Institute to develop Friction Stir Active Manufacturing for printing functionally gradient metal components, and founded MELD to continue working on this novel technology.
Visit https://3dprint.com/265849/meld-reaches-major-milestone-with-metal-3d-printed-components/ to view the full article online.
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Supply Chain Management Review At the start of the 2020s, it seems the only constant is an intensified pace of disruption and a call for manufacturers to recalibrate strategies and operations to prevail. Deloitte has identified — through leadership discussions and analysis of primary and secondary sources — five factors that are expected to have an impact on manufacturers in the next 10 years.
Visit https://www.scmr.com/article/deloitte_helps_navigate_disruption_with_five_trends_influencing_tomorrows_m to view the full article online.
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Supply Chain Digest The coronavirus crisis is sure to ultimately have a transformational impact on the supply chain, some in ways that are predictable (e.g., a move away from China sourcing) to changes no one is seeing right now. An article in The Economist recently made this interesting observation: While factories with robotic automation must protect workers from injury using cages and designs to make sure workers do not come near the dangerous machines, now the challenge is to design work processes and the flow of parts and materials to keep human workers away from each other to reduce infection risk.
Visit http://www.scdigest.com/ontarget/20-04-13_virus_crisis_impact_manufacturing.php?cid=16602 to view the full article online.
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Aerospace Manufacturing The development milestones for the unmanned aircraft come just weeks after completion of the first fuselage, allowing for rapid progress on systems installation and functional and integration testing from the aircraft’s own landing gear.
Visit https://www.aero-mag.com/boeing-loyal-wingman-drone-090420/ to view the full article online.
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Free for AGMA members This webinar will detail what you need to know to be prepared for the many changes coming later this year under USMCA, the replacement for the NAFTA trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada. From understanding the new rules of origin and certification requirements to labor and environmental provisions of the new agreement, companies engaged in cross-border trade in North America, as well as companies considering new investments in the region, should plan to attend this webinar. This webinar takes place from 1:00pm - 2:00pm EST.
Visit https://www.agma.org/education/online/webinars/nafta-2.0-the-new-u.s.-mexico-canada-agreement-usmca-and-how-it-impacts-you/ to view the full article online.
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