Thomas News Highlights

Supply Chain Dive: Supply chain 'stretched' for cardboard boxes, wood pallets: Thomas

Cardboard boxes and wood pallets saw heightened demand in Q2, according to Thomas, as buyers continue to encounter challenges sourcing shipping equipment.

This article can also be found on Waste Dive and The Journal of Healthcare Contracting. 

NEW Thomas Report: Shipping Limitations Forecast for Q3, Drive Up Demand, Prices Across Industrial Sector

This press release was issued on June 19, 2021 

Plastics Today: 3 Hot Manufacturing and Sourcing Trends Happening Right Now

Experts at Thomas share the latest manufacturing, sourcing, and supply chain trends they're seeing, including one huge "stop,drop, and roll moment."  

Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry: 3 Hot Manufacturing and Sourcing Trends Happening Right Now

Experts at Thomas share the latest manufacturing, sourcing, and supply chain trends they're seeing, including one huge "stop,drop, and roll moment."  

The Peggy Smedley Show: Insights on Home and Material Costs

In this episode of The Peggy Smedley Show, Tony Uphoff and Peggy Smedley talk about the rising cost of building materials including lumber. The causes that have led to these cost rises are a combination of factors including tariffs. 

Plastics Technology: What's Ahead for Manufacturing in 2021? Reshoring and lots of it, studies show.

Thomas last month released the findings of its State of North American Manufacturing 2021 Annual Report. While we’re already more than midway through the year, the report is chock full of interesting data that you might find useful as you map out your own business plans and strategies for 2021 and well beyond.

Supply Chain Management Review: Global Supply Chain Management Updates

Thomas, a leader in product sourcing, supplier selection, and marketing solutions for industry, released its 2021 State of North American Manufacturing Annual Report last month, sharing insights from its latest survey canvassing the North American manufacturing and industrial sectors. 

Cloud Wars Podcast: Is Big Data Overhyped - Episode 27

In this episode of Uphoff on Industry, Tony Uphoff and Bob Evans explore why, though we've seen extraordinary advances in big data, data analytics and data sciences, it's harder to find examples of extraordinary insights of the use of big data.

Supply Chain Management Review: Reshoring Could Drive $443 Billion in U.S. Economic Value Over Next 12 Months

Thomas, a leader in product sourcing, supplier selection, and marketing solutions for industry, released its 2021 State of North American Manufacturing Annual Report sharing groundbreaking insights from its latest survey canvassing the North American manufacturing and industrial sectors.

Forbes: Video Calls Are The New Handshake: Why Zoom (And Platforms Like It) Is Here To Stay

By now, we’ve all seen our fair share of viral videos of Zoom calls gone wrong, and maybe even experienced it personally, but video is here to stay. Video will continue to play an important role in both internal and external communications.