下午咖啡: SirionLabs, KPMG announce strategic alliance; January PMI registers 8th straight month of growth; More at-home Covid tests

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SirionLabs, an artificial intelligence-powered contract lifecycle management (CLM) technology,announced a strategic alliance周二审计和税务公司毕马威汇率将重点关注企业的业务转型。

The partnership will specifically look to drive better outcomes in third-party relationships, according to a press release. KPMG brings experience in solving complex business problems for many enterprises. Meanwhile, Sirion’s platform brings integrated management of commercial relationships.

“我们将合同管理视为提供商业价值的战略企业能力。我们常常发现合同是敌人的，销售，采购和法律的行政负担。我们挑战领导人以一种新的方式思考承包。我们很高兴地宣布，“有更好的方法”与我们与Sirioionlabs的关系进行管理，“毕马威法律法律契约管理转型负责人Nicola Brooks在新闻稿中表示。

“Sirion CLM is uniquely positioned to help enterprises transform into agile, resilient and cohesive businesses to effectively meet the threats and opportunities of the post-COVID world,” Amol Joshi, Chief Revenue Officer at SirionLabs, said in the release. “As the go-to firm for business consulting, KPMG is the trusted advisor helping organizations navigate this journey to future-proof themselves. We are excited and proud to collaborate with KPMG and bring this unprecedented combination of technology and expertise to our clients.”

January PMI shows 8th consecutive month of manufacturing sector growth

Economic activity in themanufacturing sector continued to grow in January, according to the latest Manufacturing ISM Report on Business numbers released Monday.

根据“供应管理研究所发布的一份新闻稿”，1月份的PMI编号已注册58.7％，表明美国经济总体经济。1月份的阅读下降1.8个百分点，从季节性调整后的12月6日60.5％。

But January’s number still counts an expansion in the overall economy for the eighth consecutive month because any reading above 50 counts as growth. The economy has continued to grow after a contraction in March, April and May because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“制造业经济在供应管理制造业商业调查委员会主席下蒂莫西·菲奥尔·菲奥尔·菲尔·菲奥尔·菲尔德·菲尔队继续进行。“调查委员会成员报告说，他们的公司和供应商继续在重新配置的工厂中经营，但缺勤，对消毒设施以及回归和招聘工作人员的困难继续导致限制制造增长潜力的菌株。”

$230 million deal for more at-home Covid-19 tests

The Biden administration struck a $230 million deal to ramp upproduction of an over the counter, at-home Covid-19 test, according to NBC News.

The Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use of the Ellume tests, which are expected to cost about $30 each. The test works by collecting a nasal swab that users then place into a Bluetooth-connected analyzer that syncs to a smartphone app, the article said.

该公司一直致力于提高生产一个d will ship 100,000 test kits per month to the US from Australia, the article said. The tests are expected to be available over the counter in pharmacies, drug stores or online.

防御和健康和人类服务与ellume的部门将使公司“规模扩大了这种易于使用的测试的制造基础和能力”，Covid-19回复的白宫高级顾问Andy Slavitt告诉记者。“由于这份合同，他们将能够将生产扩展到今年年底超过1900万超过1900万个测试套件，其中850万是美国政府的保障。”

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