Similar Articles

Browse Main Topics:

Business
Computers & Electronics
Education & Reference
Entertainment & Leisure
Family & Home
Finance & Investment
Health
Internet
Pets & Animals
Science & Technology
Society, Politics & Culture
Sports & Recreation

Similar Articles

IndustryWeek March 1, 2005 Michael K. Evans	Evans On The Economy -- More Jobs Will Be Lost What will happen to the U.S. economy as manufacturing employment continues to shrink? Manufacturing workers will be hurt, but not the U.S. economy generally.
IndustryWeek December 10, 2003 Jill Jusko	Bookshelf -- An Optimistic Outlook A new book by Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI provides a primarily upbeat assessment of U.S. manufacturing's future and recommends reforms.
IndustryWeek May 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz	Ranking Continuous Improvement Methods Lean manufacturing tops the list of responses to a survey about continuous improvement programs.
U.S. Banker May 2011 Jeff Thredgold	The Pain and Promise in Manufacturing Over the past three decades, the United States has lost 40 percent of its manufacturing jobs. But some are bringing their operations back home as outsourcing loses its luster. Banks should take heed.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 David Blanchard	Just In Time -- Buddy, Can You Spare a Job? U.S. manufacturers assert their continuing relevance despite a decline in overall employment and a lack of commitment from politicians.
IndustryWeek June 1, 2007 David Blanchard	The Face Of American Manufacturing The United States is the world's most productive country, but the global landscape has changed dramatically in recent years and even more changes are on the way.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2008 David Blanchard	Just In Time -- An American Daydream Since neither presidential candidate has much interest in the manufacturing industry, we'll have to resort to a bit of wishful thinking instead.
National Defense February 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	U.S. Must Not Lose Manufacturing Edge The decline in U.S. manufacturing capabilities is not news to many of our readers. Only a year ago, we reported that the manufacturing sector had sustained 37 consecutive months of job losses.
BusinessWeek December 12, 2005 Laura D'Andrea Tyson	Those Manufacturing Myths Germany is losing manufacturing jobs faster than the U.S., even with a large trade surplus.
IndustryWeek July 22, 2009 Jonathan Katz	America's View of Manufacturing: By the Numbers Deloitte's 'Public Viewpoint on Manufacturing' study highlights manufacturing's importance in the U.S. economy.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2007 David Blanchard	Special Report: Manufacturing in China: Taming the Dragon A look at the current state of manufacturing operations in China.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2004 Jill Jusko	Dangerous Disconnect Millions of displaced manufacturing workers remain unemployed. Simultaneously, an increasing shortage of highly skilled production workers is threatening U.S. manufacturing.
IndustryWeek December 14, 2011 Pat Panchak	What if Public Policy Changes Are Not Enough? An important question - and its answer - reveal potential shortcomings in our approach to strengthening U.S. manufacturing.
IndustryWeek November 8, 2005	Reader Reply: AMT Responds To survive, American manufacturers need everyone to exhibit true leadership in manufacturing, not alarmist cries about a "civil war."
IndustryWeek October 1, 2006 David Blanchard	Census of Manufacturers -- What's Working for U.S. Manufacturers The latest Census of Manufacturers reveals that lean is still the most popular improvement method.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2007 David Blanchard	Census of U.S. Manufacturers -- Lean Green and Low Cost The 2007 Census reveals which elements are most essential to a successful manufacturing operation.
CFO October 1, 2011	If You Can Make It Here How much do you know about the state of manufacturing in America? Take our quiz and find out.
IndustryWeek June 1, 2006 Patricia Panchak	Editor's Page -- U.S. Manufacturing's Global Future Here's what we can learn from big energy's strong showing.
IndustryWeek February 16, 2011	In Search of Manufacturing Excellence Apply now for IndustryWeek's 2011 Best Plants program.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2008 Jonathan Katz	Lean Results for Lean Programs: By the Numbers Although many large U.S.-based manufacturers utilize lean techniques, there's a lot of room for improvement.
IndustryWeek December 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz	By The Numbers: Of All Firms Responding to the IW/MPI Census of U.S. Manufacturers Measuring continuous improvement programs of U.S. manufacturers.
IndustryWeek February 1, 2007 Ralph Keller	Continuous Improvement -- Confronting Our Manufacturing Labor Crisis We need to show today's youth that manufacturing has a stable future.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 David Blanchard	Manufacturing Is Not For the Faint at Heart -- IndustryWeek's 2008 Salary Survey Comments When asked to comment on the state of the industry, manufacturing managers throughout the United States share a common concern that the odds seem to be stacked against them.
IndustryWeek June 1, 2005	Letters To The Editor For June 2005 'Kudos all around' for the April 2005 issue... "More Jobs Will Be Lost" misses the boat on manufacturing...
IndustryWeek November 1, 2004 David Drickhamer	Manufacturers Like Us When asked to identify the focus of their market strategy, Chinese manufacturers listed "high quality" first, followed by innovation, service and support, and low cost. For U.S. manufacturers, innovation straggled in a distant seventh.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2007 David Blanchard	Manufacturing's Biggest Challenges -- IndustryWeek's 2007 Salary Survey Responses If you come to work everyday worrying about global competition, finding and keeping skilled labor, raw material shortages, and the quality of your product, you're not alone.
IndustryWeek February 1, 2009	Job Losses: By The Numbers Figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Manufacturing Performance Institute/MAPI show that the end of 2008 was one of the worst periods in recent history for job losses.
IndustryWeek April 1, 2004 George Taninecz	Faster But Not Better Improved manufacturing times don't always result in comparable cost reductions.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2005 Michael K. Evans	Evans On The Economy -- Building Manufacturing's Future New plant construction has nearly disappeared domestically as U.S. companies expand elsewhere.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 Jill Jusko	IW Best Plants Program: In Search of Excellence Nominations are now open for an annual salute to outstanding manufacturing facilities in North America.
IndustryWeek February 1, 2009 David Blanchard	Just In Time -- Lean You Can Believe In The bad news just keeps on coming for manufacturers, but don't give up on continuous improvement.
IndustryWeek September 1, 2006	The Workforce: John J. Sweeney For national security and manufacturing workers' sake, the U.S. must reexamine its trade and tax policies.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2005 Patricia Panchak	Shaping the Future of Manufacturing A tour through manufacturing's recent history reveals clues of what's to come.
National Defense January 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Manufacturing Edge Essential to Defense While the U.S. defense industry remains unsurpassed, it faces long-term challenges - one of which is its ability to secure innovative manufacturing capabilities. This applies all the way from bombers to boots.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz	Continuous Improvement Technology Market To Double Manufacturers adopt programs that fit their lean initiatives.
IndustryWeek January 11, 2012 Pat Panchak	Making Manufacturing a Competitive Advantage How Industry Week Best Plants winners leverage production to boost the bottom line.
IndustryWeek December 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz	Lean Takes the Driver's Seat at Lear "Total lean behavior" has helped auto Lear Corp. stay competitive in a struggling market.
BusinessWeek May 5, 2011 Peter Coy	The Case for Making It in the USA Rising wages in China and high productivity in the U.S. may prompt more companies to keep manufacturing in America.
IndustryWeek November 16, 2011 Patricia Panchak	Manufacturing Moves to Center Stage Public-policy leaders are taking yet another look at manufacturing's importance to the U.S. economy. This time, let's make sure they get it right.
IndustryWeek September 1, 2008 David Blanchard	Eye On China As China rapidly evolves into a more service-oriented economy, U.S. manufacturers need to adjust their China strategy to remain competitive.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2007 Jill Jusko	2007 IW/MPI Census: Who's Using CAD, CAE? Half of all U.S. manufacturing facilities employ CAD or CAE systems.
IndustryWeek June 22, 2011	Ryan: Lead the World in Advanced Manufacturing One of the simplest things government could do to help U.S. manufacturing is encourage the Pentagon to spend more of its $500 billion budget on domestically produced products.
IndustryWeek September 1, 2008 David Blanchard	Just In Time -- Heroes and Villains With China cast in the role of the arch-villain, the United States needs to start doing something heroic to save manufacturing.
IndustryWeek December 16, 2005	Unleashing The Entrepreneurial Spirit How should U.S. manufacturing channel its energy and investments in infrastructure?
IndustryWeek March 16, 2011	Show Us Your Operational Excellence Enter your manufacturing plant in IndustryWeek's 2011 Best Plants competition.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2009 David Blanchard	IndustryWeek's 2009 Salary Survey Comments on Manufacturing at the Crossroads One thing all manufacturing managers seem to agree on is that things are tough out there, and getting tougher.
IndustryWeek May 1, 2005 Patricia Panchak	Editor's Page -- Wanted: Inspired Leaders, Engaged Employees We're leading in a particularly tough time in manufacturing, and it's management's job to lead employees through it. But you have to level with your employees if you expect to lead them.
IndustryWeek October 10, 2001 John S. McClenahen	Manufacturing Business Outlook Shows Continuing Contraction However, survey suggests makings of manufacturing recovery exist, reports Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI...
IndustryWeek March 1, 2007 David Blanchard	Just In Time -- What's Keeping You Up At Night? What those working in the industry see as the biggest challenge facing the manufacturing industry today.
IndustryWeek November 18, 2009	First Up -- Get Going Bold, concerted action is needed to put the manufacturing sector back on track.