Trade Engine

Lena Rowley spent thirteen years in supply chain and factory operations before turning to markets writing. Her beat encompasses order books, backlogs, labor availability, and capacity utilization across the manufacturing, aerospace, and transportation sectors. At Trade Engine she translates PMIs, build rates, and network updates into earnings implications, focusing on margin cadence and cash conversion. Her reporting has appeared in trade outlets and she speaks at logistics forums on bottlenecks and nearshoring. Readers can expect cycle maps that show how inventories clear and when pricing power flips from buyers to sellers. Lena rides the rails when she can, logging firsthand notes that inform her coverage of intermodal flows and freight demand.