Operations Management Strategy & Best Practices

Feb. 26, 2013

Commentary

Five Keys to Effective Operational Problem-Solving

By completely and thoroughly resolving the core issue, we can accomplish two things: stop wasting resources dealing with problems from the same core issue and create sustainable improvement in the organization....More
Feb. 26, 2013

News

US Agency Probing 4 Ford Models over Engine Stalls

The investigation involves nearly 725,000 cars, covering the 2009-11 models of the Ford Escape and Fusion, and the Mercury Mariner and Milan. Problems have resulted in three crashes or fires and one injury incident....More
Feb. 21, 2013

Article

Increasing Efficiency of Manufacturing Audit Processes

Mobile applications provide real-time visibility which can increase quality....More
Feb. 20, 2013

Commentary

IndustryWeek

Nanotechnology's 4,500-Year Health Record

It's good news again. And again. (And again.)...More
Feb. 19, 2013

News

BP, Reliance Plan $5 Billion Investment to Develop India Gas Field

The two companies will invest in a string of projects to develop four trillion cubic feet of gas resources , which at current prices, would cost more than $50 billion to import this volume of gas into India....More
Feb. 19, 2013

News

BMW Recalls 750,000 Cars Worldwide

The recall is the result of problems with a battery cable connector which could break and cause a loss of electrical power to the vehicle, causing the car to stall unexpectedly and even crash....More
Feb. 16, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

2013 IndustryWeek Best Plants Conference Features Continuous Improvement Strategies

The IndustryWeek Best Plant Conference, IW’s annual salute to outstanding North American manufacturing facilities, provides continuous improvement practitioners the opportunity to learn from the best of the best, the winners of the IW Best Plants Award program....More
Feb. 16, 2013

Commentary

Product Selection vs. Product Development

When considering complex product purchases, product selection starts to resemble product development in many ways....More
Feb. 14, 2013

News

Judge Approves $400 Million Transocean Settlement in Gulf Spill Disaster

The fines and other criminal penalties imposed on Transocean are the second-largest environmental crime recovery in U.S. history, after that slapped on BP....More
Feb. 14, 2013

Commentary

Lessons from the Road: Eliminate Waste with Purpose

When I ask people to define lean, as often as not the definition centers on waste. But lean isn’t all about waste. It is more about building organizations than trimming them. A popular definition is “do more with less.”...More
Feb. 14, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

Operations: The High Cost of Poor Decisions 1

Metrics may be a bedrock of operational improvement, but using them wisely continues to be a challenge....More
Feb. 14, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

Operations: Review Workplace Violence Procedures, For Safety's Sake

According to the most recent data from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, violence caused 780 fatalities in 2011, 458 of them homicides....More
Feb. 11, 2013

News

World Solar Power Capacity Exceeds 100 Gigawatts

'This global capacity to harness the power of the sun produces as much electricity energy in a year as 16 coal power plants or nuclear reactors of one GW, each,' an industry association said....More
Feb. 11, 2013

News

US Breathes Life, Barely, into Offshore Wind 1

The first wind farm off the US coast should produce electricity by 2015....More
Feb. 11, 2013

blog

The Value of Training

Companies worldwide are having trouble finding qualified Supply Chain & Logistics recruits....More
Feb. 5, 2013

Article

What Environmental Risks Lurk in Property Acquisition?

Conducting an All Appropriate Inquiry is not only a prudent risk management tool it is also critical to minimize regulatory risk and establish defense protection against potential lawsuits....More
Feb. 5, 2013

Commentary

Best Practices for Using Value Stream Mapping as a Continuous Improvement Tool

Use it properly and completely and it will provide a direct path to process optimization and an operation that is assured long-term survival....More
Jan. 31, 2013

News

Chevron Gets Permit to Explore Shale Gas in Romania

The next step for the company is to obtain a construction permit before it can start exploration drilling....More
Jan. 30, 2013

News

Toyota to Recall Nearly 1.3 Million Cars

Airbag and windscreen wiper problems causing issues in 907,000 hatchbacks in Canada, Japan, Mexico and the United States....More
Jan. 29, 2013

News

Judge Approves BP's $4.5 Billion Plea Deal over Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

Additional legal woes remain, including a civil case on environmental fines and a February trial on outstanding lawsuits....More
Jan. 29, 2013

News

IndustryWeek

US Manufacturers' Optimism Increases in Q4: PwC Survey

There's no place like home. That seems to be the sentiment among U.S. manufacturers in a new survey, as 48% express optimism about the U.S. economy. Moreover, 83% expect their revenues to go up in the next year and they boosted expected growth rates to 5.2% from 4.6% in the third quarter....More
Jan. 28, 2013

News

US Powering Electric Vehicles

The U.S. is emerging as a leader in the plug-in EV market and could take the top spot by 2020....More
Jan. 27, 2013

video

Introducing Machines Italia

Watch and listen how various Italian suppliers of machinery and technology......More
Jan. 25, 2013

News

Shell, Ukraine in $10 Billion Shale Gas Deal

DAVOS -- Aimed at helping the ex-Soviet nation ease its dependence on Russia, Ukraine and the global oil giant Royal Dutch Shell (IW 1000/1) signed Thursday a $10 billion shale gas production sharing agreement. The deal was signed in the presence of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych by Shell CEO Peter Voser and Ukrainian Energy Minister Eduard Stavitsky on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, a gathering of the world's business and political elite....More
Jan. 23, 2013

blog

Let Me Introduce Myself

I have been reluctant to start my blog without having a blockbuster of a first post. I've finally realized that waiting to have the "perfect" start is simply preventing me from starting at all, and that is not a good thing. Instead I will start with an introduction. I am Jill Jusko. I am a senior editor with IndustryWeek, and I've been writing about manufacturing now since about 1998. It's been my pleasure to interview a lot of great folks and get inside many manufacturing plants in those years....More