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February 20, 2008Manufacturing News: Will Your Next Company Owner Be China or Russia?
Concerns over So-Called "Sovereign Funds" Continue to Grow; as Billions of Dollars Pile Up in State-Owned Investment Vehicles; Intellectual Property Risk for Manufacturers?
  Topics : China | Manufacturing
   
February 18, 2008Videocast: Bringing Lean Strategies to Companies in Process and Hybrid Manufacturing Industries
In this valuable Videocast from Supply Chain Digest and The Supply Chain Television Channel, we explore how Lean manufacturing can be adapted to the process industry using a new generation of technology support that optimizes floor constraints such as tanks, cleaning policies and sequence- dependent changeovers, as well as service level requirements. Companies can reduce waste, work-in-progress inventory and cycle times while increasing throughput by improved resource utilizatiion.
  Topics : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Lean | Manufacturing | Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain software
   
February 13, 2008Manufacturing News: Environmentalists Now Going After Vinyl
First Target is Toys, as Major Retailers Start Pulling Products; What Categories are Next?
  Topics : Green supply chain | Manufacturing | Supply chain and the environment
   
February 07, 2008The Real Barriers to Collaboration with 3PLs and CMs
Is better collaboration between companies and their 3PL and contract manufacturing partners achievable? Perhaps the failure to really get the true barriers on the table is part of the problem, suggests SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore. 3PLs and CMs often view collaboration as a chance to drive more business, while companies and individuals naturally want to hold their information cards close to the vest.
  Topics : Logistics | Manufacturing | Outsourcing/offshoring | Third-party logistics
   
February 06, 2008Supply Chain News: Did Hardball Tactics by Chrysler Drive Plastech to File for Bankruptcy?
Now Privately Held, Chrysler was Willing to Take Plant Shutdown to Make its Stand with Troubled Supplier; Smart Strategy, or a Mistake in the Long Term?
  Topics : Auto industry supply chain | Manufacturing | Supplier relationship management
   
January 22, 2008Industrial Automation Update: Industrial Internet Continues to Gain Share, Move to Device Level Support
New Switch with "Zero Config" Drive Swapping Ups Market Presence of Cisco; 30% Growth Seen for Industrial Ethernet Hardware
  Topics : Manufacturing
   
January 17, 2008Supply Chain Graphic of the Week - Right to Work States
Number of States Stands at 22, as Michigan, Suprisingly, Considers Change
  Topics : Auto industry supply chain | Manufacturing | Supply chain costs
   
January 16, 2008Lean Supply Chain: Sustaining Lean Initiatives
Often, No One is Clearly Responsible for Maintaining Value Streams after Initial Success
  Topics : Lean | Managing effectively | Manufacturing
   
January 08, 2008Global Supply Chain: To Succeed in China, It is Time to Focus On Execution
New Book from McKinsey Consultants Says Companies are not Setting Goals Sufficiently High; "Operation China" has entered a New Stage, and too Many Companies are not Ready
  Topics : China | Global sourcing | Global supply chain | Lean | Manufacturing
   
December 18, 2007Manufacturing News: For "Want of a Nail," and Supply Chain Outsourcing Expertise, Boeing's Dreamliner Continues to Face Schedule Woes
The Problems Started with Fasteners, but have Spread to Many Areas; "Held Hostage to Suppliers?" Too Much, Too Soon?
  Topics : Global sourcing | Manufacturing | Outsourcing/offshoring | Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply chain risk
   

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