How do you encourage employees to handle the daily workload at a high level of productivity amid dour conditions? A well-designed recognition program may be the answer....More
Porsche's executive board and its works council have 'agreed on appropriate measures for increased flexibility and productivity,' the company said....More
Speaking at Embry-Riddle's Aviation and Aerospace Industry Manufacturing Summit, CEO John Garrison challenged aerospace executives to talk up the industry's exciting technological challenges in their pursuit of top talent....More
Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally, 67, said there's no reason for him to announce his timetable for retiring, "because I'm absolutely committed to serving at Ford" and "I love the way Ford is going, and we all think we're on a really good track."...More
Succession management is a funnel to leadership positions, and high-potential employees are an important part of the process, says Jay Jamrog, senior vice president of research for the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp). He outlined seven keys to identifying and preparing high-potential employees for higher-level leadership positions....More
If you aren't nurturing your high-potential employees, you're missing out on an opportunity to help boost your bottom line. You're also in danger of drying up your leadership pipeline....More
Dialogue introducing new forecasting study on what the economy might look like in 2025 with a manufacturing resurgence. Video from the Aspen Institute....More
Manufacturing makes America strong. It makes families and communities strong. It provides national security. It gives us energy security. And for the 12 million men and women who work in manufacturing, it gives us pride....More
Christopher Barnatt of ExplainingComputers.com demonstrates how Big Data is transforming the business and industrial worlds and enabling new technologies and new breakthroughs that will help manufacturers work more efficiently than ever before....More
Beyond an initial novelty, 3D Printing could have a game-changing impact on consumer culture, copyright and patent law, and even the very concept of scarcity on which our economy is based....More
Christopher Barnatt of ExplainingTheFuture.com illustrates the inner workings of additive manufacturing machines and provides some real-life examples of how 3-D printing technology could dramatically change the manufacturing and retail industries as we know them today....More
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab break down the engineering and design challenges they faced during the Curiosity rover's complicated landing near the Martian equator on Aug. 5, 2012....More
