The Upload

Protolabs new digital manufacturing model provides one-stop factory and network solutions.

The Protolabs global procurement team weighs in on the current state of supply chains

Economic, political, and other disruptions make it important to strengthen your supply chain.

Just-in-time manufacturing was created to cure supply chain woes, but something happened…

It’s been tough for companies around the world recently. Find out what disrupted business in 2022.

One of the latest trends in supply chain strategies is friendshoring—find out why!

You know about black swan events: those unpredictable forces that can lead to potentially devastating consequences. They’ve been swooping in with disturbing regularity. Past trade wars with and tariffs on China. The lingering pandemic. The stuck container ship blocking the Suez Canal. Clogged ports. Container shortages. Trucker shortages. Geopolitical uncertainty including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Surging inflation. Ongoing natural disasters and climate-change factors.

A game-changing innovation race with high market-share stakes is taking place in the automotive sector these days as the industry makes a quantum shift from internal combustion engines (ICEs) to electric vehicles.

It is not a question of if but rather when will the next black swan event hit the globalized supply chain. And it is critical that companies learn from the last couple of years and develop an agile supply chain network that delivers value, reduces risk, and is not just driven by cost.

Supply chains are critical to success, but are often incredibly complicated. Let’s take a look at external supply chains within the National Laboratory system and how digital manufacturing fits in.

Our work with Breathe99 during the pandemic was recognized as a “Top Supply Chain Project” in 2021.

The recent Suez Canal ship blockage shows the need to mitigate supply chain risks.