Blogs
Designing For A Meshy World
March 9, 2011 7:30 am | by Kim Ukura, Associate Editor, PD&D | CommentsA new business model focused on sharing requires products that are durable, flexible, reparable, and sustainable. Does your product fit?
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
March 1, 2011 6:47 am | by Carrie Ellis, Editor, Chem.Info | CommentsIf there is any reasonable doubt that the perpetrator didn't commit a crime, he or she doesn't do the time. Apparently it's the same with public safety and chemical dangers.
No More Henry Fords
February 28, 2011 10:58 am | by Lauren Kiesow, Associate Editor, Manufacturing.net | CommentsAs a nation that excelled on innovation, it's sobering to think that as manufacturing's presence in America declines, so does the possibility of more great innovators.
What's Watson's End Game?
February 23, 2011 6:59 am | by Mike Schmidt, Associate Editor, Manufacturing Business Technology | CommentsAn assault on the human race doesn’t appear to be its end game, but I have my eye on Watson and wonder what the future holds for artificially intelligent computers like it.
The Cost Of Doing Business
February 9, 2011 8:38 am | by Anna Wells, Executive Editor, Industrial Distribution | CommentsFinding a creative way of dealing with supplier price issues without absorbing costs, compromising supplier relationships, or passing along the increases is a difficult task.
Dreaming Of Foreign Object Damage
February 7, 2011 8:28 am | by Joel Hans, Associate Editor, IMPO | CommentsAt a recent event I was educated on a tool crib that takes the hassle out of asset management, but the marketing crew kept using an unfamiliar phrase: Foreign object damage.
Pouring Your Efforts Down The Drain
February 1, 2011 5:06 am | by Anna Wells, Executive Editor, IMPO | CommentsIt’s interesting how often we talk about Lean manufacturing and don’t really heed the words themselves.
Toiling Over Tablets
January 18, 2011 5:23 am | by Lauren Kiesow, Associate Editor, Manufacturing.net | CommentsWith so many new tablet options, it makes me wonder if the iPad will flounder in the wake of its rivals or if it will reign supreme.
Singing The 'Blue-Collar Blues' On $10M A Year
January 17, 2011 8:59 am | by Mike Schmidt, Associate Editor, Manufacturing Business Technology | CommentsIt is time to begrudgingly accept that we live (and work) in a world of haves and have-nots, and there’s a growing difference between the two groups.
Turning A New LEAF -- Literally
January 12, 2011 11:00 am | by Jeff Reinke, Editorial Director, PD&D | CommentsThere are a number of cool opportunities unique to CES, and one of them was being able to test drive the new Nissan LEAF, the first all-electric vehicle available in the U.S.
Outsourcing My Self-Control
January 6, 2011 6:15 am | by Kim Ukura, Associate Editor, PD&D | CommentsIs it cheating to use technology as a way to break bad habits, or can new tools help save us from our own worst impulses?
Avoiding 'That Guy' Status
January 5, 2011 11:23 am | by Lauren Kiesow, Associate Editor, Manufacturing.net | CommentsGetting out on the floor and talking one-on-one with the employees elicits genuine responses about a program and its impact.
Talk About the Sleeping Dragon
December 20, 2010 8:02 am | by Kim Ukura, Associate Editor, PD&D | CommentsWhen the debate about China as a world superpower makes its way to primetime comedy, does it mean people are aware enough to get the joke or just indicative of increasing alarm?
(Re)Calling Upon Our Nation
December 15, 2010 6:41 am | by by Carrie Ellis, Editor, ChemInfo | CommentsWe can no longer stand complacent with our successes. While we’ve set the global precedent for a long time, we can’t afford to stand by preaching its benefits without performance or proof.
Purchaneering: Because Marketecture Grew Stale
December 14, 2010 9:30 am | by David Mantey, Editor, PD&D | CommentsBridging a gap that is 25 years wide is like pulling a pick-up truck to the Grand Canyon with a bed full of lumber and a fistful of nails.
Common Sense Ways To Increase Productivity, Quality Consistency
December 10, 2010 7:08 am | by David Gulati, Fidelity Technologies | CommentsBuilding a production line from scratch was a huge challenge, but it proved that lean manufacturing principles are more than just words in a business text book or CEO-speak.
What Keeps Additive Manufacturing Stuck In The Present?
November 19, 2010 6:30 am | by Dr. Ron L. Hollis, P.E., President & CEO, Quickparts.com | CommentsIf one assumes that the industry has not evolved as fast as its potential provides, then there are some great theories to address.
Lean Manufacturing Goes Molecular
November 12, 2010 7:06 am | by Tom Fabek, General Manager, Profit Finders | CommentsLean manufacturing and continuous improvement is now being applied to all sorts of factory processes, and kaizen, or continuous improvement, is a never-ending process.
America's Most Wanted: Skilled Workers
November 8, 2010 8:42 am | by Gerald Shankel, President and CEO, Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International | CommentsDespite the shaky economy, scores of American manufacturers are reporting a dire need for skilled labor.
I Can't Believe I Got This Jetpack
November 5, 2010 10:25 am | by Anna Wells, Executive Editor, IMPO | CommentsIt’s funny how quickly we become molded by the convenience that comes with our little treasures, and forget what it was like to never have them.
