🌟 Editor's Note
👋 Welcome back to B2BFinds. This week, we’re spotlighting smarter ways to cut costs, secure supply chains and keep your operations lean. Let’s dive in.
⚙️ 3 TOOLS WORTH YOUR TIME
ProShop ERP
is built by machinists and shop owners who understand the floor. It’s purpose-built for manufacturers—eliminating paper, silos, and manual processes so you can work faster, smarter and more profitably.
Tulip
Platform that allow employees without technical training to build fully functioning, enterprise-ready applications from scratch
Arkestro – Predictive procurement platform
Arkestro helps your sourcing, procurement, and purchasing teams collect and compare quotes from suppliers using game theory and behavioral science.
📊 2 SMART INSIGHTS
📦 Nearshoring Momentum in Mexico
Manufacturers are increasingly shifting production from Asia to Mexico — with industrial real estate demand hitting record highs. Lower logistics costs and faster delivery times are proving more important than ever. Read the full report →
💡 The Rise of "Digital Kaizen"
Continuous improvement is going digital. Companies adopting real-time dashboards and analytics report 20–30% faster cycle time improvements versus traditional Kaizen workshops. Read More
👨🔧 1 PROVEN PLAY
The “5 Why’s” Daily Standup
Each morning, pick one recurring problem and apply the “5 Why’s” method with your floor team. By repeatedly asking why (five times), teams often uncover the root cause of inefficiency. Several mid-sized plants report cutting downtime incidents in half within months of adopting this.
🔥 In Case You Missed It…
🤑 Manufacturing Money Moves
Hadrian raises $260M Series C to scale its “factories-as-a-service” model for aerospace/defense machining and address skilled-labor bottlenecks… read more
Siemens opens a $190M, 500k-sq-ft plant in Fort Worth (TX)—part of its broader U.S. manufacturing push—targeting ~800 jobs by 2026... read more
SoftBank buys Foxconn’s Lordstown, Ohio facility for ~$375M to retrofit it for AI server manufacturing tied to the Stargate build-out... read more
Did You Know? The first industrial robot, Unimate, was installed in a GM factory in 1961. It weighed over two tons and was tasked with die-casting and welding — sparking the era of robotics in manufacturing.
Till next time,