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A crane manufacturer had an urgent need for a lift yoke that goes on the mast end of a truck-mounted crane. Unfortunately, the tooling was lost in a fire.

It’s often misunderstood what cost factors are owned by the OEM versus those owned by the foundry.

In my last column, we discussed the conditions propelling a significant global supply chain shift and the positive trend toward localization that is increasing the rate of reshoring by U.S.

The thousands of professionals who buy, specify and design parts are in many ways the under-appreciated heroes of the industrial supply chain.