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In this exclusive collection, we tackle the full automation story -- from the fears of job-killing robots, to operations and efficiency, and to developing new business strategies.
Realistically, scrap is difficult if not impossible to eliminate. But manufacturers that acquiesce to scrap are missing opportunities to cut wasteful material and save on labor costs.
Times are changing, and not just for Bob Dylan. Fifty-six percent of the senior executives in large U.S.-based multinationals recently interviewed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said their companies had undergone "a great deal of change during...
A considerable majority, 85%, of the British people support their government's push for greater use of renewable energy, including wind and solar power, according to results of a poll released by the Department of Trade and Industry on May 24...
A Qatari company signed a contract with two South Korean shipbuilding companies May 23 to construct the world's largest liquified natural gas (LNG) carriers at a cost of $2.5 billion. Qatar Gas Transport Company said it has ordered three "QMax"...
"It is estimated that the EBRD region uses up to seven times more energy per unit of GDP than western Europe and if the whole region had the energy efficiency of Europe, the world would consume 7.2% less energy," said a release issued by the EBRD...
In the latest plank of the country's ambitious nuclear power program, China is set to build six nuclear reactors in the southeastern province of Fujian, state media said May 19...
Some things are in our control, others are not. "Our challenge," said Ford Motor Co.'s David T. Szczupak, "is to change the things we can control." ...
Larry M. Davis, president of Daman Products Co. Inc., wants the nation's educational system to add lean management principles to its K-12 curriculum. Here's why.
