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The Rise Of Indian Manufacturing
As India's production capabilities increase, U.S. manufacturers would do well to craft a global strategy that
addresses the emergence of this
no-longer-slumbering giant.
Consider the Total Tax Package When Looking To Locate in India
India is very competitive when you factor in the many tax incentives offered to foreign companies.
Doing Business in 21st Century India: How to Profit Today in Tomorrow's Most Exciting Market
Advice on how to succeed in this dynamic country
Paccar's Hybrids: Building a Heavy-Duty Supply Chain: Special Report: Anatomy of a Product
U.S. truck maker leverages close supply chain relationships to bring innovative
products to the market on time.
Focus on the Process Industries: Pharmaceuticals: Reworking the Pharma Supply Chain
As multiple forces challenge the pharmaceutical industry, supply chains get a new look.
Highlights From the IW Excellence In Action Plant Tours
In early October Indianapolis and Kansas City hosted the inaugural Excellence In Action plant tours, which allow attendees the chance to see operational excellence up close and at work.
Just In Time -- A Manufacturer for All Seasons
What are the characteristics of a true manufacturing leader?
Continuous Improvement -- Engaging the Hearts and Minds of Your Employees
The most successful leaders openly respect their staffs and care about their ideas and well being.
Thought Leaders -- Rebuilding the Manufacturing Industry
AMT's Bob Simpson believes manufacturing's most pressing need right now is attracting more young people.
The Big Picture: Leadership Insights from the IW Best Plants -- Batesville Casket Continuously Challenges the Conventional Wisdom
Sometimes the best solution is to rely on amazing people rather than high technology.
The Pros and Cons of Alternative Energy
Learn how to weigh the merits of nonconventional power sources in manufacturing.
Bookshelf: Managing to Learn: Using the A3 Management Process to Solve Problems, Gain Agreement, Mentor and Lead
By John Shook, The Lean Enterprise Institute, October 2008, 138 pages, $50
Machine Life Prognosticator
Nagi Gebraeel, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech's engineering school, has created stochastic models (measures of probability) to identify condition-based signals, which could be used to predict maintenance needs of critical components.
Occupational Health: By The Numbers
Incidence rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses in the manufacturing sector were up slightly in 2008.
Obesity Program Trims Budgets
Obsesity programs can see a short-term ROI of $1.17 per dollar spent
Planning The Factory of the Future
Globalization and automation trends are challenging management to rethink not only their production processes, but even how and where manufacturing facilities will be located.
Manufacturers: Know Your Costs
As more manufacturers start studying their total production costs, they're discovering that bringing the work back to the U.S. makes good business sense.
Bookshelf: The Customer Rules: The 14 Indispensable, Irrefutable and Indisputable Qualities of the Greatest Service Companies in the World
By C. Britt Beemer and Robert L. Shook,
McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008, 332 pages, $26.95
Before Offshoring, Consider Homegrown Options
A software solution that can help determine whose factory you should be using -- your own or a facility in a low-cost labor country.
Matters of Perception
Many procurement teams feel underused and underappreciated, but now could be their chance to shine.
Purchasing Solutions
A look at some new solutions
A Value-Added Vocation
Purchasing pros need to start taking a broader view of the business.
The Talent Search
New skills and capabilities will be in high demand as procurement moves away from traditional responsibilities.
Buyer's Discourse: By the Numbers
Companies that take a strategic and integrated approach to procurement can not only reduce costs, but also realize value and efficiencies.
Haworth Rolls Out a Greener Way to Move Its Freight
New packing strategy helps furniture maker reduce number of truck shipments.
APICS Unveils Operations Management Framework
APICS unveils the OMBOK (Operations Management Body of Knowledge) Framework
7 Steps to Prevent Cargo Theft
Theft prevention begins at home -- screen all prospective employees.
Portrait of Best-In-Class Quality Management
Quality management helps you determine if your customers are satisfied.
Bookshelf: Switch Points: Culture Change on the Fast Track to Business Success
By Judy Johnson, Les Dakens, Peter Edwards and Ned Morse, Wiley, 2008, 254 pages, $29.95
Sustainable Supply Chains: By The Numbers
Only 35% of companies surveyed by Ernst & Young have begun carbon footprinting initiatives.
Kraft Crafts an Open Innovation Strategy
Consumer packaged goods manufacturer finds innovation value in collaborating with suppliers.
Bookshelf: New Product Blueprinting: The Handbook for B2B Organic Growth
By Dan Adams, AIM Press, 2008, 196 pages, $35
Product Development Solutions
Solutions for the product development professional
Litigation Nation: By the Numbers
Patent infringement claims bedevil manufacturers, survey finds.
Protecting Trademarks in China
Follow a few simple guidelines to pursue opportunities in this still-growing powerhouse.
Hey Big (R&D) Spenders
Top corporate spenders in R&D spend nearly half a trillion dollars in 2007.
Discrete Manufacturers Set Their Sights on Wireless
A wireless version of the HART protocol for process sensors and the ISA 100 initiative for wireless process sensing interest manufacturers, but it won't be easy for them to take advantage of the technology.
Bookshelf: Integrated Enterprise Excellence, Vol. 1: The Basics
By Forrest W. Breyfogle III, Bridgeway Books, 2008, 144 pages, $27.95
IT Solutions
Solutions for all aspects of business
Tech Scorecard: Oracle Continues Its Acquisitive Ways
Oracle Corp. has acquired 50 companies in the past four years.
Letters to the Editor For December 2008
Dreaming, Designing, Creating and Building
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