January ‘22 at-a-glance … regulations

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration’s proposed vaccine or testing mandate for companies with 100+ employees Jan. 13. […]


01.27.2022

January ’22 at-a-glance … supply chain

The Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA), the first major update to U.S. maritime law in 20 years, passed the House […]


01.27.2022

January ’22 at-a-glance … taxes, tariffs & trade

Approximately $5.5 billion of EU steel and $1.2 billion of EU aluminum imports with these HTS codes are now able to come […]


01.27.2022

U.S. ranks high on assessment of where to locate production facilities

A new study by KPMG and the Manufacturing Institute compares the cost of doing business in the U.S. with 16 […]


01.27.2022

Retaining younger talent demands innovative approaches

Gartner’s How to Retain Gen Z and Millennial Supply Chain Talent identifies increasing work flexibility as the leading approach for […]


01.27.2022

January ’22 at-a-glance … energy

Now that DOE is revisiting test procedures and energy-conservation standards, it also has reactivated the Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal […]


01.27.2022

December at-a-glance … energy

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Federal Register notice revising the test procedure interim waiver process adopted in […]


12.16.2021

December at-a-glance … taxes, tariffs & trade

NAFEM provided comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) about its concerns with the tariff rate quota (TRQ) that […]


12.16.2021

December at-a-glance … regulations

The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) was ordered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit […]


12.16.2021

December at-a-glance … supply chain

U.S. retailers Target and Walmart report higher inventories than last year, with Walmart reporting U.S. inventories up 11.5%. Additionally, FedEx […]


12.16.2021

Expect significant changes in air travel by 2030

In the next installment of McKinsey’s The Next Normal series, the consultancy discusses advanced air mobility (AAM). It estimates that […]


12.16.2021

Despite supply chain challenges, Santa set to depart Dec. 24

Continuing the holiday tradition, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will again track Santa’s progress online, by phone at […]


12.16.2021