Manufacturing & Materials

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IndustryWeek December 1, 2006 John S. McClenahen	Inventories: JIT Tops Management Practices Supplier deliveries that arrive just in time during production are the most common means for managing inventories among U.S. manufacturers. Pull systems with kanban signals are the second most common practice.
IndustryWeek December 1, 2006 John S. McClenahen	The Law: Supreme Judgments Most of the business cases being argued before the U.S. Supreme Court during the term that began Oct. 2 won't affect manufacturers at the plant level. But three could.
IndustryWeek December 1, 2006 John Teresko	Technologies Of The Year -- The 2006 Honorable Mentions In addition to honoring five Technology of the Year Winners, here is a list of the following Honorable Mentions from this year's submitted technologies.
IndustryWeek December 1, 2006 John S. McClenahen	Air Products Plans New Korean Plant Allentown, Pa.-based Air Products & Chemicals Inc. is constructing a new nitrogen trifluoride plant in Ulsan, South Korea, to support Asian semiconductor and liquid crystal display markets.
IndustryWeek December 1, 2006 John Teresko	Global Climate Change -- DuPont's Recommendations Science is sufficient to compel prudent action according to Charles O. Holliday Jr.
The Motley Fool November 15, 2006 Anders Bylund	Tyco Takes the Stage Global services and manufacturing conglomerate just reported a strong quarter and fiscal year, and it appears to be moving confidently beyond its past troubles. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek November 20, 2006 James Mehring	Manufacturing: What's Piled Up Must Come Down The U.S. economic slowdown has left manufacturers with stockpiles of unwanted inventory. These excesses mean the current stretch of tepid industrial activity will run a bit longer. But prospects for the new year look much better.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Cemex Wants to Mix Things Up Mexico's Cemex is bringing more than $12.8 billion to the table in its offer for fellow aggregate, cement, and ready-mix company Rinker. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek November 6, 2006 Bruce Einhorn	A Dragon In R&D China's labs may soon rival its powerhouse factories - and multinationals are flocking in for tech innovation.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2006 John Teresko	IMTS Report: Advancing Factory Automation As demonstrated at this year's IMTS show, innovations and new directions in machine tools and equipment offer new and compelling competitive reasons to invest in manufacturing technology.
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