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For the first time in decades, the United States is in the midst of a serious inflationary environment. For operators in the manufacturing sector, the consumer is just now catching up to the business world.

Nearly everyone has been targeted by a phishing email at some point in time. Defined as the act of using messages, links and appeals to trick or defraud a computer user by posing as a legitimate company

Organizational leaders aren’t infallible. They make mistakes. They miss things. They have blind spots. Sometimes blind spots are easy to reveal, while others persist despite evidence to the contrary. Why is this the case?

Steel prices and lead times are back to their pre-Ukraine War levels following the biggest price spike the industry has seen in at least the last 15 years – and maybe ever.

The headline number, a negative GDP reading in the first quarter, is obviously worrisome. However, the overall economic picture isn’t as problematic for the steel industry, said Ping Liang, lead analyst for strategic marketing for ArcelorMittal at the AWMI Chicago Chapter meeting in May.

It’s coming up on six months since the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was signed into law by President Joe Biden. Yet how it’s going to play out remains something of a mystery to many.

March was Women’s History Month in the United States. But for the five women gathered to talk about manufacturing at the FMA’s Annual Meeting last month in Miami, their gazes were fixed more on the future than the past.

For the first time in decades, the U.S. is confronted with the problem of inflation, as all service center executives are keenly aware. But will 2021’s price hikes carry over into our post-pandemic existence, or will the rising price environment peter out?

The current global trade crisis has highlighted weaknesses within the supply chain and forced the industry to assess, evolve and often transform its operations to meet the needs of today’s marketplace.

Steel prices are falling fast – so fast that I hesitate to put numbers to paper for fear they’ll be old by the time the ink dries.