High Stakes in Dauch/UAW Clash; How Leaders Engineer Inevitability: IndustryWeek's Weekly Review
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John Deere's Digital Flywheel, and More Market Engineering Marvels: A former Apple executive shares how leading companies create not just demand, but inevitability.
UAW vs. Dauch vs. GM: the Strike's High Stakes: Losing one day of full-size truck production at Flint Assembly will reduce GM profits by at least $25 million.
Why 5S Doesn’t Need a Sixth 'S' for Safety: Safety is already foundational to 5S, argue the hosts of Behind the Curtain: Adventures in Continuous Improvement, who say 6S may signal a weak safety culture.
Why Starting Your Lean Journey with 5S Can Backfire: While 5S is a powerful lean tool, done wrong it becomes nothing more than "cosmetic theater" and fuels employee resistance.
Robots Rule LG's Clarksville Plant: Take a peek inside LG's washer and dryer factory in Clarksville, Tennessee, in its automated glory.
Transformation Fails When Leaders 'Sponsor' Rather Than Build: Too often, executives are aligned on vision but not on what each personally owns and what the team’s shared accountability is.
We Needed Automation to Reshore Our Supply Chain: As a contractor for the U.S. Air Force, we needed American parts, but costs were too high -- until a supplier willing to automate saved the day.
The IEEPA Tariff Refund Portal: What Manufacturers Need to Know: In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Ben Johnston of Kapitus breaks down the rollout of the new tariff refund portal and its potential impact on manufacturers and consumers.
May Jobs Report: US Adds 172,000 Jobs as Employment Growth Continues: Manufacturing employment increased by 7,000 last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report.
Changing Supply Chains Need Adaptive Leaders: Catalyst leadership operates effectively in ambiguity, building team capability rather than giving direction.