Manufacturing & Materials

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The Motley Fool October 6, 2006 Rich Duprey	Goodyear's Workers Hit the Road The strike by steelworkers may be good news for the tire maker. Should Goodyear's stock price suffer a blowout as a result, investors might want to use that deflation as an opportunity to pick up shares.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2006 John Teresko	Mobile Robots: Automating The Warehouse At Staples, Inc. a mobile robot-based system helped triple order fulfillment rate per operator at a retailer's warehouse.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2006 David Blanchard	Transportation Management: How to Fight The High Cost Of Moving Freight Transportation and warehousing cost U.S. companies more than $1 trillion in 2005, and the price tag continues to rise.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2006 David Blanchard	Strategies On Becoming A Carrier's Preferred Customer Companies demand capacity, reliability and rate stability from their freight providers.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2006 David Blanchard	Industry Consolidation: Tracking The Tech Shakeout In recent months, a number of big companies have expanded their portfolios.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2006 Rich Smith	Novamerican Not Buying Yet The third quarter earnings news Novamerican had to share was not at all optimistic, at least in the short term, and management may see the potential to scoop up its shares at an even better price in the months to come.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2006 Doug Bartholomew	Supply Chains at Risk Manufacturers need to guard against disruptions in the flow of materials. With so many things that can -- and do -- go wrong, contingency planning is no longer a luxury. It's a necessity.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2006 David Blanchard	Census of Manufacturers -- What's Working for U.S. Manufacturers The latest Census of Manufacturers reveals that lean is still the most popular improvement method.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2006 John S. McClenahen	America In Crisis "In China's Shadow: The Crisis of American Entrepreneurship," written by former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt, makes a powerful case that the competitive challenge posed by China can be met by the renewed and expanded practice of entrepreneurship.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2006 Jill Jusko	Strategy: Keep It Simple Overly complex companies miss revenue opportunities, according to new analysis by Bain & Co.
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