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IndustryWeek December 1, 2008 John Teresko |
Manufacturers: Know Your Costs As more manufacturers start studying their total production costs, they're discovering that bringing the work back to the U.S. makes good business sense.  |
IndustryWeek December 1, 2002 John Teresko |
Technologies Of The Year -- Mazak Integrex E1060v The multi-tasking machine tool combines the turning capabilities of a vertical turning lathe with the milling and machining capabilities of a five-axis machining center.  |
IndustryWeek June 22, 2011 |
Is Your Technology As Efficient As It Could Be? Technology spending is up on machines and software that help businesses run leaner so they can drop more money to the bottom line.  |
IndustryWeek September 1, 2007 John Teresko |
Multi-tasking's Growing Significance Multi-tasking machine tools save time, money and space, and that's just for starters.  |
IndustryWeek September 1, 2006 John Teresko |
Staying Ahead With Machine Tools And Robots Productivity advances resulting from the technology revolution are reshaping global competition.  |
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.  |
IndustryWeek September 16, 2009 Ralph Keller |
Continuous Improvement -- What's the Future of U.S. Manufacturing? Some claim manufacturing is dying here but the numbers tell a different story.  |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2006 John Teresko |
Winning With Service Service is becoming "super service" as machine tool builders and other production equipment vendors innovate a new competitive model.  |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2009 John Teresko |
The Growing Move to Multi-Tasking Even the economy is motivating the acceptance of multi-tasking machine tools, reports one builder.  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2003 John Teresko |
A Growing Mission To Teach Teruyuki (Terry) Yamazaki believes today's machine tool buyers expect -- and get -- accuracy and outstanding performance. The challenge, he says, is to demonstrate the additional benefits available from the latest metal-cutting technology.  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2009 David Blanchard |
IndustryWeek's 2009 Salary Survey Comments on Manufacturing at the Crossroads One thing all manufacturing managers seem to agree on is that things are tough out there, and getting tougher.  |
Entrepreneur October 2003 Joshua Kurlantzick |
Made in America? More and more U.S. businesses are trekking overseas to explore cheaper ways to make their products. But what does that mean for small manufacturers left behind on the home front?  |
National Defense January 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Manufacturing Edge Essential to Defense While the U.S. defense industry remains unsurpassed, it faces long-term challenges - one of which is its ability to secure innovative manufacturing capabilities. This applies all the way from bombers to boots.  |
IndustryWeek July 1, 2002 John Teresko |
Factories Of The Future -- Plant-Floor Strategy The most crucial investment for the factory of the future will be made not in hardware or software, but in understanding how manufacturing technology provides new options to power business success.  |
IndustryWeek November 8, 2005 |
Reader Reply: AMT Responds To survive, American manufacturers need everyone to exhibit true leadership in manufacturing, not alarmist cries about a "civil war."  |
IndustryWeek September 1, 2006 |
The Workforce: John J. Sweeney For national security and manufacturing workers' sake, the U.S. must reexamine its trade and tax policies.  |
IndustryWeek July 22, 2009 Jonathan Katz |
America's View of Manufacturing: By the Numbers Deloitte's 'Public Viewpoint on Manufacturing' study highlights manufacturing's importance in the U.S. economy.  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 David Blanchard |
Manufacturing Is Not For the Faint at Heart -- IndustryWeek's 2008 Salary Survey Comments When asked to comment on the state of the industry, manufacturing managers throughout the United States share a common concern that the odds seem to be stacked against them.  |
IndustryWeek December 1, 2008 David Blanchard |
Thought Leaders -- Rebuilding the Manufacturing Industry AMT's Bob Simpson believes manufacturing's most pressing need right now is attracting more young people.  |
IndustryWeek December 1, 2006 John Teresko |
Technologies Of The Year -- Powering Machine Tools The secret to Mazak's machine-tool success just might be the Mazatrol Matrix CNC.  |
IndustryWeek September 1, 2008 David Blanchard |
Eye On China As China rapidly evolves into a more service-oriented economy, U.S. manufacturers need to adjust their China strategy to remain competitive.  |
IndustryWeek June 1, 2006 Patricia Panchak |
Editor's Page -- U.S. Manufacturing's Global Future Here's what we can learn from big energy's strong showing.  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 David Blanchard |
Just In Time -- Buddy, Can You Spare a Job? U.S. manufacturers assert their continuing relevance despite a decline in overall employment and a lack of commitment from politicians.  |
IndustryWeek November 16, 2011 Patricia Panchak |
Manufacturing Moves to Center Stage Public-policy leaders are taking yet another look at manufacturing's importance to the U.S. economy. This time, let's make sure they get it right.  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2007 David Blanchard |
Manufacturing's Biggest Challenges -- IndustryWeek's 2007 Salary Survey Responses If you come to work everyday worrying about global competition, finding and keeping skilled labor, raw material shortages, and the quality of your product, you're not alone.  |
IndustryWeek September 1, 2006 |
Labor Days: Meeting Our Workforce Challenges! This special report takes the critical challenges facing U.S. manufacturers, puts them in perspective and presents the best workforce practices of America's plants.  |
IndustryWeek August 19, 2009 |
Letters to the Editor For September 2009 Manufacturing jobs and their associated benefits are key to keeping U.S. strong...  |
IndustryWeek January 19, 2012 |
2012 Manufacturing Outlook: Are the Shocks to the System Over? U.S. manufacturers are bullish about 2012 despite lingering economic problems.  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 John Teresko |
Finding The Next Big Thing Management's most crucial investments for factories of the future won't be the hardware or the software, but in the understanding of how new technologies provide new options for powering business success.  |
BusinessWeek December 12, 2005 Laura D'Andrea Tyson |
Those Manufacturing Myths Germany is losing manufacturing jobs faster than the U.S., even with a large trade surplus.  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2005 Michael K. Evans |
Evans On The Economy -- More Jobs Will Be Lost What will happen to the U.S. economy as manufacturing employment continues to shrink? Manufacturing workers will be hurt, but not the U.S. economy generally.  |
IndustryWeek September 1, 2008 John Teresko |
IMTS 2008 Preview -- Machine Tools Join the Internet Age A new communications protocol for machine tools could greatly enhance the productivity of the manufacturing industry.  |
IndustryWeek June 1, 2007 David Blanchard |
The Face Of American Manufacturing The United States is the world's most productive country, but the global landscape has changed dramatically in recent years and even more changes are on the way.  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2009 David Blanchard |
IndustryWeek's 2009 Salary Survey Comments on Manufacturing's Biggest Challenge: The Economy As part of the IndustryWeek 2009 Salary Survey, we asked the open-ended question: What is the biggest challenge facing the manufacturing industry today?  |
IndustryWeek May 20, 2009 |
First Up -- Sweating the Big Stuff -- and It's All Big Stuff It's time to put manufacturing on the list of national issues we must address now.  |
U.S. Banker May 2011 Jeff Thredgold |
The Pain and Promise in Manufacturing Over the past three decades, the United States has lost 40 percent of its manufacturing jobs. But some are bringing their operations back home as outsourcing loses its luster. Banks should take heed.  |
IndustryWeek February 16, 2011 |
Manufacturing 2.0 -- Building a Lean, Mean Profitable Machine Recovery brings more focus on risk-taking, talent management and global markets.  |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2008 David Blanchard |
Just In Time -- An American Daydream Since neither presidential candidate has much interest in the manufacturing industry, we'll have to resort to a bit of wishful thinking instead.  |
IndustryWeek February 1, 2007 Ralph Keller |
Continuous Improvement -- Confronting Our Manufacturing Labor Crisis We need to show today's youth that manufacturing has a stable future.  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 David Blanchard |
The Biggest Challenges Facing Manufacturers -- IndustryWeek's 2008 Salary Survey Responses Offshore competition. Finding and retaining skilled labor. Rising costs. Government regulations. Sound familiar? Manufacturing managers share many of the same headaches and confront common challenges.  |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2008 |
Letters to the Editor for October 2008 Taking a Closer Look at U.S. Manufacturing... On the Comeback Trail... Multilingual Management...  |
IndustryWeek May 16, 2012 |
Advanced Machining Answers the Call to Do More with Less As demand returns and skilled workers remain scarce, high-efficient machine tools with new functionality help shoulder the load.  |
IndustryWeek February 1, 2008 David Blanchard |
Just In Time -- The United States of Manufacturing Proposed Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting the right of people peaceably to assemble, develop, manufacture and distribute products.  |
National Defense June 2010 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Defense Manufacturing: A Crisis in the Making Defense manufacturing is like the weather. Everyone talks about it, but no one does anything.  |
IndustryWeek July 1, 2005 Michael K. Evans |
Evans On The Economy -- Building Manufacturing's Future New plant construction has nearly disappeared domestically as U.S. companies expand elsewhere.  |
IndustryWeek September 1, 2008 Jonathan Katz |
Manufacturing in the Classroom New programs are popping up to help plug the skills gap.  |
IndustryWeek September 22, 2010 |
Is This Good For Manufacturing? Manufacturing czar Ron Bloom believes that his only role in the Obama administration is to ask the question, or force the question: Is this good for manufacturing?  |
National Defense February 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
U.S. Must Not Lose Manufacturing Edge The decline in U.S. manufacturing capabilities is not news to many of our readers. Only a year ago, we reported that the manufacturing sector had sustained 37 consecutive months of job losses.  |
IndustryWeek November 17, 2010 |
Reaction to the 'Wrong Path' Readers comment on the vitality of U.S. manufacturing  |
IndustryWeek May 1, 2008 David Blanchard |
Just In Time -- A Manufacturer's Litmus Test for Politicians Anybody running for office should be able to respond to these straightforward questions with unambiguous answers.  |