Celebrating International Women’s Day – Meet the Women of MES – MES
Celebrating International Women’s Day – Meet the Women of MES YES, THE POWER OF WOMEN IS REAL. For the past 100 years, March 8 has been lauded, promoted, and touted…
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Likely Impact of the Russia Ukraine War on Aluminum Pricing
As Russia continues its operations in Ukraine, we will examine the possible impact on forging, casting, and industrial metals markets. Why is there a Russia & Ukraine war? President Putin…
Electrification: Are you missing a critical design element?
Why it’s important to consider thermal requirements when designing electric vehicle systems? “What you don’t know can hurt you.” That quote is attributed to a slew of people ranging from…
Euro Metrics announces the launch of their new website
We are pleased to announce the launch of the brand new Euro Metrics website! After several months of hard work and dedication, we are delighted to officially announce the launch.…
The Challenges with Near Sourcing from Mexico
Here are 11 reasons why U.S. companies are finding it so difficult to use Mexico as an alternative sourcing partner. In the wake of tariffs in 2018 followed by Covid…
3 Signs to Optimize Supplier Relationship Management
3 Signs – Optimize Your Supplier Relationship Management Process Juggling suppliers is hard. There’s testing and quality control to contend with. There are lead times to factor in. And there…
Flying Blind During the Supply Chain Crisis
Flying Blind Back in September and October, suppliers in China and many other countries dealt with electricity shortages, aluminum, magnesium, and silica shortages, in addition to ongoing container shortages. Fast…
How a Power Transmission Firm Achieved Inventory Freedom
CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY How can a mechanical components manufacturer provide well-engineered and energy-efficient products to their customers in the face of constrained supply chains? What happens when their parts availability…
Rethinking Our Packaging Case Study
A BOX IS A BOX IS A BOX … OR IS IT? 4 out-of-the-box lessons learned from rethinking packaging for supply chain. When you think of packaging, what comes to…
10 Ways COVID Is Still Impacting Our Lives Today
COVID-19. Unfortunately, we were wrong about it. COVID is still here, and it doesn’t look like it’s going away anytime soon. Throughout the pandemic, we blogged about how our teams…