Manufacturing & Materials

Magazine articles on manufacturing and material mining and processing.

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CIO July 15, 2003 Kim Girard	How Levi's Got Its Jeans into Wal-Mart CIO David Bergen joined Levi Strauss almost three years ago with a mission: Get ready for the number-one retailer. This summer will tell if his company's IT transformation will help turn around this American icon.
IndustryWeek July 9, 2003 John S. McClenahen	Manufacturing Index Retreats Slightly Despite the dip, Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI's quarterly measure of future business activity signals increased manufacturing output between now and year's end.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2003 Jill Jusko	Nature vs. Nurture Unique arrangements help manufacturers break from traditional adversarial union-management relationships to improve both business performance and company morale.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2003 Tonya Vinas	Mavericks See Niche In Aluminum Extrusion Three executives launch new company, build plant in Prince George County, Va.
Inc. July 1, 2003 Nicole Gull	Just Say Om With tough, new rivals like Nike and Reebok, Sara Chambers's yoga business is suddenly getting stressful.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2003 John S. McClenahen	Unruly Trade As the global economy grows, the rules of international trade take on greater significance. Not every nation plays by the rules -- nor sees them the same way. And that makes a world of strategic difference for U.S. manufacturers.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2003 Jill Jusko	Immersion Therapy KraftMaid Cabinetry Inc.'s continuous-improvement program includes plucking key people from their usual jobs for months at a time to learn best practices from around the globe.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2003 John Teresko	In Product Testing, PCs Gaining On PLCs The change agents: manufacturing's need for higher product tolerances, more detailed management reporting and results archiving. The enabler is the maturity of the PC.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2003 Tonya Vinas	A Place At The Table Women, while still relatively rare in executive ranks, are becoming an increasingly strategic asset for global manufacturing companies. Some companies excel at attracting and keeping them, but slow-to-change attitudes mean many companies are losing out.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2003 George Taninecz	Road To Excellence IndustryWeek's 2003 Best Plants finalists' journey to world-class status follows a disciplined approach and resources dedicated to improvement.
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