💡The biggest constraint in manufacturing was never the technology. It’s that labor was never built to flex. Veryable was founded on a hard truth our co-founders saw firsthand across plants, shop floors, and hundreds of consulting engagements: Every operational problem traced back to one constraint: labor. And as long as it behaves like a fixed cost, no advanced tool, whether AI or robotics, can reach its full potential. So we built the first on-demand labor marketplace purpose-built for manufacturing and logistics. Not as a staffing alternative, but as an operational tool. By solving the labor constraint first, companies unlock the ability to: ✅ Match labor to demand in real time ✅ Attack bottlenecks the moment they appear ✅ Protect full-time teams from OT and burnout ✅ Scale output without adding fixed cost ✅ Make reshored production economically viable The mission hasn’t changed since day one: Remove the labor constraint so companies operate at full potential, and give workers the freedom to participate on their own terms. Learn more: veryableops.com/on-demand-la…

🇺🇸 Episode 60 Just Dropped! As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, it's worth remembering that manufacturing wasn't a side note in the American story. It was the foundation of independence itself. In this latest episode, host @Matt_Horine examines how supply shortages during the Revolutionary War shaped the thinking of America's founders and why leaders like Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Henry Clay viewed manufacturing as essential to national strength, economic independence, and long-term prosperity. What you'll learn: 🔹 The supply chain vulnerability that nearly cost America its independence 🔹 Why Washington's army was issuing spears and fighting without basic supplies 🔹 The founder who saw himself as a maker before a statesman 🔹 How Hamilton framed industrial policy as a national security issue 🔹 How Henry Clay's American System built a century of industrial dominance through tariffs, banking, and infrastructure 🎧 Listen now: 👉 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… 👉 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0UF… 👉 YouTube: youtu.be/Vj2Tc8zySCk?si=fKcX…

Every distribution center heads into back-to-school season with a solid plan. The season rarely follows it. ❌ A surge in kitting orders clogs the packing lines while picks keep coming and the backlog builds ❌ Pick faces go empty mid-shift because replenishment couldn't keep pace with the volume ❌ A carrier moves up the cut-off and the staging floor isn't close to ready The forecast was close. That's not the problem. The problem is that traditional levers can't move as fast as the bottleneck does. Overtime burns out your best people and drives up error rates. Temp labor locks you into commitments with no flexibility and no control over who walks in. Cross-training just moves the fire. And when none of it is enough, you're throttling order release or pulling supervisors off the floor. Our latest article covers what it takes to navigate a peak season that doesn't show up the way the plan assumed it would. Read it here👇 veryableops.com/blog/you-pla…

Steel imports are down 30% YTD. Domestic steel production: up 6.8% since January. 38.93 million net tons processed. The U.S. is now the world's 3rd largest steel producer. Section 232 tariffs are "working as intended." — @SMA_Steel - Nucor, CMC, and Hybar are adding 1.5M tons of new rebar capacity in 2026 alone. @veryableops #reindustrialize manufacturingdive.com/news/s…

U.S. beverage can manufacturers are running at 94% capacity across 85 plants. No buffer - in a zero-margin-for-error production environment, the labor strategy is what keeps contracts intact. Companies like Ball, Crown, and Ardagh are under simultaneous input cost pressure and demand surge. $BUD : first sales growth in three years. $KO: mini-cans are flying. America's 250th anniversary summer is just getting started. @veryableops #reindustrialize #America250 via @PowderBulkSolid powderbulksolids.com/food-be…

There is a lot of bearish sentiment out there, but the freight data and channel checks are incredibly bullish. Freight data is an advanced indicator of the broader economy because materials and goods move through the supply chain well before people consume them. Industrials are ramping and the consumer goods segment is holding on. The trucking data is surging (tender volumes & spot rates) The rail freight volume data is strong ISM manufacturing survey is at the strongest levels in 4 years We interviewed a dozen executives of the largest freight and logistics companies on FreightWaves Today this week and all of them reinforced that the goods economy is strong. Industrials are pumping and consumer retail good volume is holding on. You aren’t bullish enough.

The American Worker remains the greatest competitive advantage in the world. 🇺🇸 America’s shipbuilders prove it EVERY day. #MadeInAmerica

buying made in american is not only patriotic its strategic bc that means you dont have to order the last random part (that makes the whole thing work) from poland

🇺🇸 What made America great wasn't handed to us. It was built. By workers. By makers. By people who showed up every day with their hands and their pride. That's what we're fighting to bring back. Manufacturing doesn't just build products. It builds the middle class. It builds towns, families, and a kind of dignity that comes from making something real. Decades of outsourcing and bad policy didn't just cost us jobs. They hollowed out communities and weakened the very foundation of American prosperity. We believe rebuilding that foundation is one of the most important things we can do for this country. A stronger manufacturing base means more opportunity for workers and stronger communities across America. That's why Veryable exists. Learn more: veryableops.com

⚠️Everyone focuses on cost per unit. But almost nobody factors in what happens when the shipping lane closes, prices spike 30-50%, and your supplier puts you on allocation. That's not a hypothetical. It's happening right now. In Episode 59, brought to you by @veryableops, @Matt_Horine speaks with the team behind Maxter Healthcare's $500 million bet to build America's first large-scale nitrile glove manufacturing facility in Brazoria County, Texas. What you'll learn: ✅ How the Strait of Hormuz closure is already squeezing hospital supply chains in real time ✅ Why the lowest-cost supplier can become the most expensive option when the supply chain breaks ✅ What a fully automated, hurricane-resilient facility in Brazoria County, TX looks like at scale ✅ How watching the U.S. struggle for basic PPE during COVID turned a vision into a $500M decision ✅ Why long-term contracts matter more than spot buys when building domestic manufacturing capacity 🎧 Listen now: 👉Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… 👉Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6p2… 👉YouTube: youtu.be/JhKSpQFuUnY

🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT In this latest episode, brought to you by @veryableops , @Matt_Horine speaks with Kevin Shutack, Nick Gilman, and Donny Chan of Maxter Healthcare about the company's $500 million private investment to build America's first large-scale nitrile glove manufacturing facility in Brazoria County, TX. The conversation doesn't shy away from the hard parts — why buyers wave the American flag until it's time to negotiate, why government contracts take longer than a manufacturer producing inventory can afford to wait, and why reshoring production doesn't eliminate exposure to global raw material price volatility. What you'll learn: ✅ How watching the U.S. struggle to secure basic PPE during COVID turned a long-held vision into a $500 million decision ✅ What it took to find the right site and why Texas ultimately beat out NY, FL, and other contenders ✅ How a highly automated facility produces 180-200 million gloves a month ✅ Why securing long-term contracts (not spot buys) is the only way domestic manufacturers can justify the investment and scale ✅ What recent disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz reveal about the fragility of critical supply chains 🎧 Listen now: 👉Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… 👉Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6p2…

more motors and actuators on the way! LFG!

Reindustrialization doesn't happen without small and medium-sized manufacturers. Great to see Klear and @Newlab getting recognized for providing the exact support these businesses need to scale. start-midwest.com/news/in-sm…

FIVE MONTHS IN A ROW: U.S. Manufacturing Expands. American Manufacturing is BACK. 🇺🇸

⚠️The Strait of Hormuz closes and some U.S. hospitals suddenly start getting just 50% of their normal glove orders. That's how fragile the supply chain still is. Now, one company is spending $500 million to make sure that doesn't happen again. This week on U.S. Manufacturing Today, @Matt_Horine speaks with Kevin Shutack, Nick Gilman, and Donny Chan of Maxter Healthcare about the company's investment to build America's first large-scale nitrile glove manufacturing facility in Brazoria County, Texas, and what it actually takes to rebuild a critical manufacturing capability on U.S. soil. Key topics: ✅ How COVID exposed America's near-total dependence on imported PPE and accelerated Maxter's push to build domestically ✅ Why Brazoria County won out over New York, Florida, and a dozen other sites ✅ Inside a 215-acre, fully automated facility producing 180-200 million gloves a month, and what's coming in future expansion phases ✅ Why the federal government is the anchor customer, and why long-term contracts are essential for domestic manufacturers to survive ✅ How the Strait of Hormuz closure is already putting hospitals on allocation and why just-in-time procurement is a liability 💡 Full episode drops tomorrow 📱 Follow the show so you don't miss it: 👉 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… 👉 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4BvkN6… 👉 YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…

Peak season is when customer relationships are made or broken. But most operations don't find out which one it was until fall. When demand runs above forecast and the labor model can't flex, the damage rarely announces itself: ❌ Customers quietly shop around due to delivery delays, waiting for the busy season to end before they reallocate their volume. ❌ Competitors capture the incremental volume you couldn't, gaining the foothold they need to take the account. ❌ Key employees burn out under the grueling summer workload, waiting until the pressure lets up to put in their notice. ❌ Margin pressure builds invisibly through excessive overtime, operational instability, and expensive, reactive decisions. When your labor model can't flex, you're forced to choose between hitting shipping deadlines and maintaining target margins. That's a lose-lose scenario. In our latest article, we share how operations use Veryable to eliminate that trade-off entirely. Find out how an on-demand labor pool gives you the operational agility needed to protect both customer relationships and profitability through the summer rush. Read it here: veryableops.com/blog/your-ne…

🔥 Episode 58 Is Live! In this latest episode, brought to you by @veryableops, @Matt_Horine connects a series of developments that together point toward a broader industrial shift already underway across the U.S. What you'll learn: 🔹 What the DOJ container cartel indictment reveals about supply chain concentration risk 🔹 Why JetZero’s $4.7B aircraft factory signals long-term confidence in U.S. manufacturing 🔹 Why freight tightening increasingly appears structural rather than temporary 🔹 How tax policy changes are accelerating manufacturing investment 🔹 Why tacit manufacturing knowledge may become one of the defining constraints of the next cycle 🎧 Listen now: 👉 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… 👉 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2OL… 👉 YouTube: youtu.be/8wY03Ver7_M

🇺🇸 Memorial Day is a reminder that freedom was never guaranteed. It was defended by men and women who stepped forward, served this country, and made the ultimate sacrifice for people they would never meet. Today, we honor those Americans. Not just with words, but with gratitude worthy of their sacrifice. Because every flag flying freely, every family gathered together, and every opportunity this country provides exists because generations before us were willing to fight for it. To all who gave everything for the United States of America: We remember you. We honor you. We will never forget.

Ol’ Betsy Ross Nationalism.

Manufacturing is not pushing buttons -It’s not clean PowerPoint charts. -It’s not buzzwords from people who never stood next to a machine. Manufacturing is material constraints, bad prints, broken tooling, late jobs, setup pressure, inspection calls, and people still finding a way to ship good parts. Respect the folks on the floor