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Siemens Rolls Out New Amtrak Locomotives
May 13, 2013
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Siemens Rolls Out New Amtrak Locomotive

The first of 70 locomotives Siemens is producing for Amtrak rolled off the assembly line....More
May 13, 2013
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Are Women Really Making It?

If there were any doubts about the advancements of women in the United States, one need only look to the 113th Congress to be convinced. Until now, there have never been 20 female senators in office at one time. Of the 2,000 senators throughout our nations’ history, only 44 have been women, lightly peppering the halls of Congress. There are also a record number of women in the House of Representatives, with 77 women sworn in this year....More
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May 10, 2013
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A Military Solution to the Manufacturing Skills Shortage

Get Skills to Work program is training veterans for jobs in advanced manufacturing....More
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May 10, 2013
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Manage Your Supply Chain Analytics like a Baseball Team

Lessons learned from major league balls provide insights for supply chain managers on how to manage social analytics....More
North Dakota Farmers to Build New $1.5 Billion Fertilizer Plant
May 10, 2013
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North Dakota Farmers to Build New $1.5 Billion Fertilizer Plant

The plant will produce nitrogen-based fertilizers by converting natural gas into anhydrous ammonia and urea....More
ABB Losing CEO Joe Hogan
May 10, 2013
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ABB Losing CEO Joe Hogan

CEO Joe Hogan has not yet set a date for his departure, but will remain on until a successor is named....More
Heliae growing farm raised algae
May 10, 2013
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Expansion Management: Heliae's Future Cash Crop: Algae

Start-up on fast track with help from universities and business-friendly community....More
Goodyear Opens New Global HQ
May 9, 2013
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Goodyear Opens New Global HQ

Goodyear opened its global headquarters with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and speeches from government officials....More
May 9, 2013
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Subaru Launches $400M Expansion in Indiana

Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. plans to expand its Lafayette, Ind., manufacturing plant at a projected cost of $400 million....More
May 9, 2013
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How to Innovate Products Faster: It's All About the Culture!

Most product development managers associate innovation with risk; and risk is something that you need a lot of time to mitigate. Thus to get products to market quickly, they cannot be too innovative -- right? Wrong. Companies like Google, LinkedIn and Samsung have shown that incredibly innovative products can be developed and launched to the world market with very high quality and in a short time. How do they do it?...More
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May 9, 2013
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Workforce: EEOC Retaliation Charges on the Rise

Employ these measures to stay on the right side of the law....More
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May 9, 2013
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Operations: Saying Goodbye to Energy Inefficiency

Big-dollar investments and smart process improvements continue to deliver improved energy management at U.S. manufacturing operations....More
Xylem Design manufacturing
May 9, 2013
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Leadership and Strategy: To Go Lean, You First Must Lead

Transforming an organization into a lean operation means empowering employees and being a cheerleader for change....More
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May 8, 2013
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Court Strikes Down NLRB Rule on Union-Rights Poster

National Association of Manufacturers lauds the ruling as an 'important victory against an activist NLRB.'...More
Take 5: Q&A with President and CEO Poul Jeppesen, SKF USA Inc.
May 8, 2013
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Take 5: Q&A with President and CEO Poul Jeppesen, SKF USA Inc.

For Poul Jeppesen, the secret to success is simple: do the right thing....More
Dog Eat Dog: Five Management Lessons From Man's Best Friend
May 8, 2013
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Hootsuite CEO: Five Management Lessons From Man's Best Friend

Hootsuite's CEO Ryan Holmes reveals one source of his management prowess: his Rottweiler, Mika....More
Mattex Opens Manufacturing Facility in Georgia—First Outside of Middle East
May 8, 2013
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Mattex Opens Manufacturing Facility in Georgia -- First Outside of Middle East

Company setting up shop to serve North American base....More
Autoliv Building Airbag Plant in Thailand
May 8, 2013
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Autoliv Building Airbag Plant in Thailand

Airbag module volume is predicted to be 1.5 million units this year with volume expected to reach 3.5 million units by 2015....More
US Security at Risk Due to Foreign Suppliers, AAM Report Warns
May 8, 2013
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US Security at Risk Due to Foreign Suppliers, AAM Report Warns

U.S. national security and the health of its defense industrial base are “threatened by our military’s growing and dangerous reliance on foreign nations for the raw materials, parts, and finished products needed to defend the American people,” according to a new report issued by the Alliance for American Manufacturing....More
Nottingham Spirk Cleveland
May 8, 2013
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The Church of the Game Changer

Asked what would constitute their ideal client, John Nottingham, co-president of Nottingham Spirk, says it is a company leader who is "not afraid to shake things up."...More
Tim Swales on sustainability and innovation
May 8, 2013
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Innovation: How Sustainability is Sparking Innovation

No longer green for green's sake, sustainability is finding a growing role as a driver of innovation....More
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May 7, 2013
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Technology: Taking Batteries Beyond Lithium Ion

To keep pace with the speed of technology, it may be time to change our batteries....More
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May 7, 2013
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Global Manufacturers Are Moving Production to the United States

Historically low energy prices in the United States -- particularly natural gas prices -- have provided incentives to European and other global manufacturers to expand their operations in the United States. Industry analysts attribute the price levels primarily to innovations in accessing previously uneconomical shale gas deposits through hydraulic fracturing ('fracking')....More
Tennessee Expansion Due to Auto Demand for Aluminum Says Alcoa CEO
May 7, 2013
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Tennessee Expansion Due to Auto Demand for Aluminum Says Alcoa CEO

'More and more auto producers are turning to aluminum to increase the fuel efficiency and quality of their vehicles – we anticipate a quadrupling of auto sheet volume by 2015 and a tenfold increase by 2025,' Alcoa CEO Klaus Kleinfeld said....More
Paper Mill Expansion Both Retains and Add Jobs in Louisiana
May 7, 2013
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Paper Mill Expansion Both Retains and Adds Jobs in Louisiana

Boise's machine upgrades allows for new production capability adding direct and indirect jobs....More
May 6, 2013
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Inclusion: Change the Interaction to Improve the Process

Effectively engaging others begins with a fundamental shift from judging to joining....More
May 6, 2013
Article

Beware These 4 Common EPA Emissions Labeling Issues

Much attention has been paid recently to new regulations under the Clean Air Act governing greenhouse gas emissions. However, EPA continues to pursue emissions violations with respect to other pollutants that it has regulated for decades, such as nitrous oxides and particulate matter. EPA has focused its enforcement in this regard on imports of “non-road” mobile sources, which include a wide variety of diesel and gas-powered engines, vehicles and equipment, such as chainsaws, weed trimmers, dirt bikes, marine vessels and large industrial forklifts and bulldozers....More
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May 6, 2013
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Finance: Manufacturers' Big Squeeze Puts Pressure on Suppliers

It used to be that the role of the corporate treasury was largely unnoticed outside of the finance department, with cash management being considered an important but tactical, rather than strategic, process....More
supply chain supplier security
May 6, 2013
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Supply Chain & Logistics: Are You Afraid of Your Suppliers?

Collaborating with suppliers is one of the basic tenets of supply chain management; after all, if you're not actively communicating with your external partners, there's no real chance that you'll gain any competitive advantage by leveraging those relationships....More
May 6, 2013
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Of Fat and Fault Tolerance: A Biological Paradigm for Supply Chain Management

I’ve read with great interest lately a number of studies that have been published over the last few years exploring the relationship between weight and both mortality rates and life expectancy....More
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