While factory labor rules are notoriously hard to enforce, a new study shows how some inspectors are able to uphold workplace standards. The recent factory collapse in Bangladesh has renewed attention ...

Factory overhead and direct labor are manufacturing and manufacturing costs (direct materials + direct labor + manufacturing overhead). Stated succinctly, manufacturing is turning raw materials into a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Howard Lutnick has touted a "manufacturing renaissance" as a result of Trump's tariffs. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc—Getty ...

Apple's iPhone 6S may be a hit, but according to an industry watchdog, the Chinese laborers who make it are toiling in poor working conditions. New York-based China Labor Watch made the allegations in ...

The labor practices of a Mayfield, Ky., candle factory are coming under scrutiny after at least eight people died in a tornado. Some question why so many employees were there as bad weather descended.