Bottom Line: The U.S. is still the world’s largest manufacturer. U.S. factories produced almost twice as much output in 2007 as China, and the U.S. produced an amount equivalent to the total manufacturing output of the four BRIC countries combined (Brazil, Russia, India and China).
Senate Democrats are considering adding a four-year net operating loss carry-back provision to bills being considered this week. The tax provision would enable unprofitable companies to obtain immediate cash refunds on taxes they paid over the prior four years, instead of the usual two years.
Purchasing plans need to be revisited as the industry recovers to assure that what we buy reflects today’s needs, not last years nostalgia and hopes.
Ford’s total recall due to faulty switches to 14.3 million registered vehicles over 10 years. We want to know, where were these switches made, and was the lowest price the best price?
China is capitalizing on a once in a hundred year opportunity to buy resources while we…
PMPA staff recently reviewed the Department of Homeland Security’s Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Regulation information posted on the web. Were you even aware that your facility might have materials covered by this new rule?
The US Heavy Truck Market is on the mend, up 8.8% in July, and thanks to the EPA 2010 Diesel rules already on the books, we can expect yet another round of cost increases for freight to bring us our raw materials and to ship our products to our customers.
Medical Instruments manufacturing is one market area that offers the strongest prospects for value added growth over the next few years.The demand for medical care is generally not linked to economic factors. Value added is expected to remain high for medical market.
Transparent aluminum was created by a team of scientists using the Hamburg, Germany FLASH X-ray laser. The aluminum target was rendered invisible (transparent) to extreme ultraviolet radiation.
It is essential to assure that the machines with work are up and running every minute that they should.
Solutions to system problems nearly always require a team approach. This post gives you 7 steps you can take to increase machine productivity.