U.S. Manufacturing Is Heating Up; U.S. Factory Activity Approaches 2-1/2-Year High; COVID-19 Hitting Supply Chains; UK Manufacturing: The Impact of a Third National Lockdown; 5G and Manufacturing: The Missing Link to Drive Industry 4.0? Read more from here #usmanufacturing #ukmanufacturing #manufacturing #manufacturingnews #manufacturingsoftware #materialrequirementsplanning #mrpsoftware #mrpsystem #mrp #erp #mrpeasy #manufacturingsystem

1. WEEK 1
IN MANUFACTURING NEWS

2. U.S. Manufacturing Is Heating Up; U.S. Factory Activity Approaches 2-1/2-Year
High; COVID-19 Hitting Supply Chains; UK Manufacturing: The Impact of a Third
National Lockdown; 5G and Manufacturing: The Missing Link to Drive Industry
4.0?

3. The U.S. is seeing a quiet rise in reshoring, or the return of manufacturing activity and jobs
into America. That could be good news for at least 12 manufacturing stocks.
The Institute for Supply Management Purchasing Manager Index, or PMI, registered 60.7 for
December on Tuesday. A level above 50 indicates the manufacturing sector is growing.
Economists were projecting 56.8 ahead of the news—so above 60 qualifies as a big beat.
Source: Barron’s
U.S. Manufacturing Is Heating Up

4. U.S. factory activity accelerated to its highest level in nearly 2-1/2 years in December as the
coronavirus pandemic continues to pull demand away from services towards goods, though
spiraling new infections are causing bottlenecks in supply chains.
The strength in manufacturing reported by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) on
Tuesday likely helped to soften the blow on the economy in the fourth quarter from the
relentless spread of COVID-19 and government delays in approving another rescue package
to help businesses and the unemployed.
Source: Reuters
U.S. Factory Activity Approaches 2-1/2-
Year High; COVID-19 Hitting Supply Chains

5. Manufacturing Global takes a look at how the manufacturing industry is responding to the
news of a third national lockdown in the UK.
Following a significant increase in COVID-19 cases in the UK – which has reported a total of
60,916 cases today – UK hospitals are facing severe pressures as admissions continue to rise.
The drastic increase has been attributed to the new variant of COVID-19 which has been
confirmed to be 50 to 70% more transmissible compared to the first variation.
Source: Manufacturing Global
UK Manufacturing: The Impact of a Third
National Lockdown

6. Mike Conradi, co-chair for international telecoms at DLA Piper and associate Christian
Keogh, explore the importance of 5G and manufacturing in driving industry 4.0
Mobile network operators developing 5G connectivity through upgrades to their existing 4G
infrastructure are well underway in the UK bringing about super-fast connection speeds.
The benefits of an upgraded network go far beyond offering mobile phone customers a
boost in connection speeds, with 5G offering genuine potential to change the way people
live and work, with multiple new use cases being developed each year.
Source: Information age
5G and Manufacturing: The Missing Link to
Drive Industry 4.0?

8. https://manufacturing-software-blog.mrpeasy.com/week-1-in-
manufacturing-news/
https://www.mrpeasy.com/