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Reshoring: Beware the Hype 13 Apr 2013 | 03:16 am
Reshoring is getting a great deal of hype. Some see it as evidenceof a new renaissance of American manufacturing. Some see it as hope for reducing long term unemployed. Some see it as a business oppor...
A New World of Smart Products Through Digital Fabrication 10 Apr 2013 | 04:28 am
Aircraft parts that have sensors embedded in them that detect things like structural stress. Or smart medical bandages capable of sensing and communicating health data. These are some of the smart pro...
Tension In Korea: Manufacturing Becomes A Pawn In a Dangerous Game 9 Apr 2013 | 05:48 pm
At the end of March it was all going so well. South Korea’s manufacturing sector was showing renewed growth with a Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rising at its fastest rate for a year and new export...
Manufacturing's Economic Impact Goes Beyond Jobs 6 Apr 2013 | 04:07 am
In recent weeks, several pundits and a few economists have begun to question the importance of manufacturing to the economy because, they say, manufacturing doesn't create enough jobs. This concern is...
Is Federal Budget Policy Undermining Manufacturing Growth? 2 Apr 2013 | 04:08 am
Reports this week of a slowdown in the growth of manufacturing activity in the U.S. prompted inevitable speculation that the recent federal budget cuts--known as sequestration--as well as increases in...
Is a Manufacturing Resurgence Within Our Grasp? 1 Apr 2013 | 09:21 pm
Based on a number of rather modest policy changes, the United States could experience a manufacturing resurgence that would lead to stronger economic growth, higher employment levels in the industry, ...
Simple Modeling Can Lead to Significant Supply Chain Savings 28 Mar 2013 | 09:18 pm
At a recent professional development dinner, I got a chance to hear from fellow UCLA Anderson alum Kristen Kravitz, who shared a project she worked on as a consultant to examine and find cost savings ...
Why Aren’t Manufacturers Hiring More Women? 28 Mar 2013 | 02:05 pm
Despite the U.S. manufacturing sector helping to lead economic recovery and adding over half a million new jobs over the last three years, the number of women in U.S. manufacturing employment has actu...
60% of Companies Will Die in 10 Years. Will Yours Be One? Join Us At The Spring Manufacturing Leadership Council Meeting 26 Mar 2013 | 03:48 pm
60% of Companies Will Die in 10 Years. Will Yours Be One? Join us at The Annual Spring meeting of the Manufacturing Leadership Council and the Manufacturing Leadership Summit, May 12-15th at The Br...
Office of the Cloud CIO 26 Mar 2013 | 05:50 am
Joseph Campbell (Mythologist, Scholar and inspiration for Star Wars) described disruption as, forces that will break your ego. At first the forced change can feel like hell. Its hell because everyth...
