Leveraging Data to Fight Product Proliferation
In most organizations, the functional units rarely come together around “one dinner table,” but when they do they all seem to speak different languages based on misaligned objectives and competing...
View ArticleReport: China Lengthens Manufacturing Lead, but Faces Challenges
Citing recently released research from the United Nations, the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) reported that China in 2011 increased its advantage as the world's number...
View Article2013 Manufacturing Leadership 100 Award Winners Revealed
Synopsis: Alcoa, Eli Lilly, Ford, Lockheed Martin, and fellow award winners from across the manufacturing world to be honored at the Manufacturing Leadership Summit Manufacturing Executive and the...
View ArticleDoes the U.S. Need a Manufacturing Strategy? The Debate Continues …
In a letter to London’s Financial Times recently, Kent Hughes, Director of the Program on America and the Global Economy at the Wilson Center, Washington DC, argued that: “Among the industrial and...
View ArticleDyson Opens $76 Million Digital Motors Plant in Engineer-Rich Singapore
British engineering and design company Dyson will announce tomorrow that it is investing $76m in a highly-automated new manufacturing plant in Singapore aimed at doubling production of its patented...
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A Sneak Peak into Manufacturing’s Future
The most recent gathering of the Manufacturing Leadership Council cast a spotlight on the future of manufacturing. The topic has been a perennial focus for the executives on the Council, who must steer...
View ArticlePredictive Analytics for Talent Management?
The talent management game has changed, particularly for manufacturers in industries such as aerospace and defense who are facing a wave of retirements among current technical employees and a shortage...
View ArticleThe Global View: Cheaper, Better Robots Are on the Way, But Who Will Benefit?
Recently I had the chance to walk around a trade show in Anaheim, CA, where I saw evidence of major trends in automation technologies : washdown robots, small 5-axis robots, high-speed/high-precision...
View ArticleA Salute to the People of Manufacturing
In all the time I have spent at Manufacturing Executive and the Manufacturing Leadership Council, I have enjoyed most of all the hours devoted to the Manufacturing Leadership Awards and the...
View ArticleWhere Would You Locate Your Asian Export Hub? Bosch Siemens Picks India
If you wanted to set up a central manufacturing location to serve the fast growing domestic markets of South East Asia, where would you choose to set up your main plant? German home appliances...
View ArticleFrost & Sullivan Announces 2013 Manufacturing Leadership 100 Award Winners
Alcoa, Eli Lilly, Ford, Lockheed Martin, and fellow award winners from across the manufacturing world to be honored at the Manufacturing Leadership Summit MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Feb. 20, 2013 - Frost...
View ArticleManufacturing Workers Still Not Optimistic
Although measures such as the Institute for Supply Management's closely-watched Purchasing Managers Index shows that manufacturing employment has been growing, the mood of U.S. manufacturing workers...
View ArticleInnovation: Risks Abound In Cross-Border Commercialization
It looks great in the R&D lab. The innovative new product sits impressively in front of the production and marketing teams – and, like most good inventions, it has a clear consumer focus, can...
View ArticleWill New BRICS Initiative Impact The Future Of Global Manufacturing?
Later this month, senior industrial and political leaders from key BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - will gather together in Durban on Africa’s Indian ocean coast to...
View ArticleHarvard Survey: U.S. Competitiveness at a Crossroads
Concerned about long-term structural issues such as the educational system, the tax code, and partisan politics, business leaders are continuing to voice pessimism about the state and direction of...
View ArticleHow Do You Know When It's Time to Replace Your ERP System?
How many years have you had your ERP system? Maybe people are telling you that there's some great new software out there. Maybe you feel like you're just not getting the information you need to make...
View Article4D Printing: Self-Adapting Materials In Manufacturing - Is It Just A Matter...
Just when you were beginning to get to grips with the potential impact of 3D printing on your future business, along comes another innovative technology that may make you think even further ahead....
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