Industry WeekMore from Industry WeekBusiness Strategy AlignmentAre You Sure You Really Understand the Basics of 'Lean'?This is one of the great barriers to lean implementation: Concepts of lean are both counterintuitive and counter-cultural. Hence, if you wish to be a lean leader, you must go back to the basics and make sure you have a clear understanding before you are able to teach others.August 16, 2013Business Strategy AlignmentStandardization Can Turbo-charge Your Company's Business GrowthAs the U.S. looks to forge a path for sustainable economic growth for the nation, there is a powerful business tool that can help U.S. industry to fuel business performance and drive growth. It's called standardization. This tool can help tap into new and expanding technologies. It can help businesses out-innovate competitors in the global market. And it can help you cut costs and boost your bottom line.August 14, 2013Business Strategy AlignmentEncouraging Innovation to Come from Every Corner and Level of the EnterpriseInnovation is a popular word today, with plenty of books supporting it. Most pundits promote big innovation programs with innovation departments and innovation plans. But unless you happen to have hired the next Nikola Tesla, this is hardly a sustainable strategy.August 6, 2013All TechnologyManufacturers 'Must' Update Their Supply Chains Before Modernizing OperationsIf the time is right for U.S. manufacturers of all sizes to consider modernizing their operations, it is important to first look at modernizing their supply chain and logistics operations in order to optimize potential investments. Manufacturers must think holistically about their business before making these decisions, and this includes looking at their supply chain and distribution models and the impacts of these investments on their operations.July 10, 2013All LogisticsIs U.S. Importing Potential Security Risk by Outsourcing So Much to Foreign Suppliers?The U.S. relies on a single Chinese company for buta-netriol (BT), the chemical needed to produce the solid rocket fuel used to propel Hellfire air-to-ground missiles. Hellfire missiles are launched from attack helicopters and unmanned drones. The last U.S. producer of BT, Cytec Industries, discontinued production in 2004.June 14, 2013All LogisticsIndustrial Estates Key to Thailand Becoming Major Global ManufacturerA country of only 66 million people doesn't become the 17th-largest global manufacturer without careful planning. Thailand is the second-largest producer of light pick-up trucks. Carefully constructed strategies along with tangible incentives created this robust manufacturing economy.May 28, 2013Business Strategy AlignmentManufacturing's Dilemma: Baby Boomers Retiring; Students Finds the Industry UninterestingMany U.S. manufacturers are experiencing talent shortages in part because of an aging baby boomer generation that has begun its exodus from the U.S. workforce. The oldest baby boomers turned 65 on Jan. 1, 2011, and every day thereafter for about the next 19 years, some 10,000 more will reach the traditional retirement age, according to the Pew Research Center.May 14, 2013Business Strategy AlignmentAre Automation, Lean Initiatives Leading to Rise in 'Jobless' Resurgence in U.S. Manufacturing?In the past year, there have been numerous articles debating whether "reshoring" is a myth or really happening. For example, the cover article of the April 22, 2013 issue of Time magazine was "Made in USA - Manufacturing is Back - But Where are the Jobs?"May 10, 2013All LogisticsEnterprise Zones May Make It Worthwhile to Consider Locating Business in CaliforniaIf you're looking to set up shop in a west coast market, don't automatically strike California off your list of potential sites. Believe it or not, there are places all over the state that are friendly to manufacturing.April 9, 2013All LogisticsDefining Differences Between Reverse and Forward Logistics OperationsAmong the numerous challenges to a successful reverse logistics initiative is determining and tracking the value of the returned unit.April 2, 2013Previous PagePage 7 of 30Next Page
