U.S. Manufacturing Retaining Its Competitive Edge
(Manufacturing Leadership – Jeff Moad: 3-22-16) Despite significant headwinds brought on by the dramatically strengthening U.S. dollar and upheaval in ...
PennTAP Advanced IT Teams with the Applied Research Laboratory
PennTAP Advanced IT has recently shared a report by the Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State, titled Understanding Security. This ...
Attention Expanding Manufacturers – This project may qualify for savings with tax-exempt financing
US TREASURY WILL PAY UP TO 40% OF A MANUFACTURER'S INTEREST EXPENSE TO FINANCE EXPANSION PROJECTS. Are you a manufacturer? ...
Making Manufacturing Cool Again
When people ask me what industry I work in, they’re usually surprised to learn that it’s manufacturing. Why? I’m a ...
The CEO Perspective: Leadership Challenges for Manufacturers
(Business, U.S. Manufacturing) Recently I came across the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Annual CEO Survey online and listened to several 3-6 minute videos ...
Where Your Productivity Problem Is Hiding
The farther we get from the production line, the less adept we are at managing productivity. (IW – William Heitman: ...
Where Does Smart Manufacturing Fit, on the Road to World-Class Manufacturing?
Smart manufacturing is about the equipment telling us what will work better, not about us turning dials to tell the ...
In the Rebalancing Global Supply Chain, There’s No ‘Shore’ Thing
(Knowledge @ Wharton: 3-3-16) Offshoring, reshoring, nearshoring — manufacturing and supply chains around the world are undergoing some seismic locational ...
Boosting Productivity Today with Tomorrow’s Technologies
While technology conversations frequently have a future focus, plenty of manufacturing companies are using the IoT, Big Data and more ...
How to profit from Open Innovation
Any conversation on business competitiveness begins and ends with a discussion on innovation, a practice defined as “the fusion of ...
“What’s So Cool About Manufacturing? Everything!”
(Manufacturing Innovation Blog 3/4/16) As said by one of the students interviewed on her participation in the 3rd annual What’s ...
Watch How We Change Minds About Manufacturing
The National Association of Manufacturers is on the move. Last month, we concluded our 2016 State of Manufacturing Tour, and ...
