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Record manufacturing jump boosts markets in UK, US and eurozone Oil prices surge as pent-up demand in May adds to last month’s growth records Workers at a marble factory in Brooklyn, New York, last month. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty A record jump in manufacturing activity in the UK, the US and the eurozone lifted stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic on Tuesday. Pent-up demand after a year of stop-start activity due to the coronavirus outbreak pushed factory order books to fresh highs in May, adding to previous growth records set in April, according to a bellwether survey of factory...

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ heated battle over cruise line industry: Lawyers working to settle A Carnival cruise ship is docked at PortMiami, one of five Florida seaports where cruiselines operate. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images Lawyers have been working to settle a court case over resuming the crucial cruise industry that can bring in billions of dollars, with Gov. Ron DeSantis at odds with federal health officials over COVID-19 vaccinations. Settlement discussions went for at least 11 hours on Thursday, before the Memorial Day weekend. And the discussions were scheduled to continue Tuesday, according to court documents. The discussions have been...

The car brands emitting the most CO2 from new registrations in 2020 Written by Joel Kempson, Personal Finance Writer By 2030, all new petrol or diesel cars will be obsolete in a bid to save our planet. But just how much do our cars impact the environment? Uswitch investigated. Thanks to technological advancements and growing lobbying against the automotive industry, the levels of CO2 production amongst vehicles has begun to decrease. However, with the planet remaining at substantial risk of further deterioration, this drop in emissions is still not low enough, with some figures suggesting that, contrary to eco-conscious goals,...

How to Prevent Inventory Loss with Automated Data Collection and Predictive Alarms What’s better than automated data collection? An automated data collection system that provides early warning notifications. Imagine you’re a grocery store owner 30 years ago. You get an early morning call from one of your opening employees, who reports that one of your freezers failed overnight. You rush to the store to assess the damage and realize you can’t sell the affected food. Your pay is based on the profitability of your store, so you need to offset this loss somehow. You end up hauling home large amounts...

To Reduce Waste in Manufacturing, Get Rid of Workarounds Reducing waste in manufacturing starts by identifying the root cause of quality issues. April 7, 2021 KEYWORDS customer needs / data collection software / statistical process control (SPC) / waste reduction Order Reprints No Comments Waste reduction is a ubiquitous topic in manufacturing. There are opportunities to reduce waste at every step of production, and so it is everyone’s job. When InfinityQS quality professionals visit a facility to advise on how to best implement our Quality Intelligence products, data collection is almost always the first place we start. This is a...