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MH17: The Logistics of a Crash

July 17, 2014

Energy

Harley-Davidson: The Sound of the Future

June 19, 2014

Emerging Technologies

A Step-by-Step Guide to Building an Electric Car

June 13, 2014

Digital Tools

Flight MH370: Orange is the (New) Black Box

March 14, 2014

Transportation

Peculiar Passage: Transportation Tidbits II

Sept. 17, 2013

Transportation

Peculiar Passage: Transportation Tidbits

May 17, 2013

Highlights

Jet Art Group uses Flexjets Learjet to create art

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Art of Motion

May 3, 2013

There are all kinds of ideas about how to get the youth interested in manufacturing. But, at the core, I think we just need to find ways to better tell manufacturing’s story.

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Speed of Delivery: Not Worth the Risk

March 13, 2013

As states increase speed limits, commercial carriers are putting on the brakes.

Transportation

Who Pulled the Plug? An Electric Car Ride on a Tow Truck

Feb. 21, 2013

Electric cars, for all of their benefits, remain limited by infrastructure – and knowledge.

Transportation

Horse-Drawn Carriages at the Factory Door

Feb. 15, 2013

I’m the new Associate Editor at IndustryWeek and am in charge of covering those things that fly, drive, sail and move on tracks — as it relates to manufacturing.

Quality

Lockheed Martin Unit Receives 2012 Malcolm Baldrige Award for Manufacturing

Nov. 14, 2012

At a time when Lockheed Martin Corp. has been in the headlines for the wrong reasons lately, the company got some good news this week.

Leadership

Neutron Jack on the Jobs Numbers: a Justified Attack, or the Ranting of a Quack?

Oct. 11, 2012

Companies & Executives

Mulally: 'Succession Planning is Really Important at Ford'

Sept. 20, 2012

Emerging Technologies

Award Recognizes Innovation in Vehicle Lightweighting

Aug. 20, 2012

Public Policy

Did 'Cash for Clunkers' Really Work?

Aug. 8, 2012

The Economy

Please Welcome Huntington Ingalls to the IW U.S. 500

Aug. 2, 2012

Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (IW 500/156) is making its debut on IndustryWeek's IW U.S. 500, coming in at No. 156 (as Casey Kasem would say) on IndustryWeek...

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Thank God -- United is Getting New Planes

July 12, 2012

I couldn't help smile when I read the news that United Airlines is buying 150 Boeing 737s to update its aging fleet. Here in Cleveland, which has been a Continental (now ...

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Volkswagen's Little Darth Vader to Undergo Open-Heart Surgery

June 13, 2012

I came across this story on the website Business Insider: "Max Page, the 7-year-old who played Darth Vader in Volkswagen's outstanding Super Bowl commercial for 2011, will have...

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Supplier Relationships Key to Honda's Healthy Profit Margins

May 24, 2012

By Patricia E. Moody, [email protected] Why does Honda consistently deliver higher profit margins than Toyota? Dave Nelson, a former senior vice president of purchasing...