Coping in the customer economy.

Square D's contingency planning involves every facet of the business.

Royal Philips Electronics and LG Electronics form an alliance and a factory to produce television picture tubes.

Hillenbrand Industries gets the right people on the bus.

Andrea Mattarelli shepherded old-line machine-tool maker Mandelli Industrie from state receivership to profitability in just three years.

Manufacturers in the auto industry have spent the past few years ramping up for a far-reaching product safety regulation. Their efforts are about to be tested.

A small manufacturer struggling toward profitability found success when it followed the advice of some unlikely consultants: its customers.

The automaker teaches the Toyota Production System.

Engineering firm weeds out unnecessary tasks before applying technology.

Bosch Rexroth opens third plant in China.