As the state of California begins issuing IOUs in place of payments, one of its denizens sounds the call for a greater reliance on manufacturing...

When RFID technology hit the supply chain scene on the coattails of the "Wal-Mart mandate," most people thought it was the end of the barcode scanner. Not so fast...

This week I’m beginning a list of food products that haven’t been recalled due to E. Coli contamination. Nestlé’s Toll House brand almost made it, but, alas, its cookie dough appears to have come down with a curious case of E. Coli...

Does a company have to be in trouble to innovate? Does a crisis situation create better conditions for innovation? Those were some of the questions that arose in the wake of this week's Progressive Manufacturing Summit...

Now would be a good time for manufacturers to begin to change the capital-preservation-at-all-costs, bunker mentality that has dominated over the past 18 months and position themselves for recovery. Here are a few steps to consider...

Like lemmings jumping off a cliff, we’ve joined the social networking circles. But if you're like me, you're fumbling down a technology trail that doesn't always make sense. For your company's sake, it should...

For years, manufacturers have ordered a steady stream of goods from China’s voluminous product catalog, all the while swallowing the associated risk. Will the recession finally make the risk too great?

Members of InnoCentive's network are challenged to solve any of a range of science and engineering problems, with handsome cash prizes awaiting the winning solution.

Rather than aggressively representing the rights and interests of user members, user group leaders often seem more interested in getting their smiling pictures taken onstage with the vendor’s CEO...

How is Chrysler going to build an eco-friendly car without also conducting a major overhaul of U.S. factories? Technology advancements go beyond product R&D. In order to move Chrysler into the competitive category it must be ready to fund some automation and infrastructure upgrades...

Aneesh Chopra will need the ability to drive change in organizations set in the old ways of thinking — and can take some examples from U.S. manufacturers doing just that.

Ever since SAP announced its plan to raise maintenance prices, customers have been asking: What value will we get for this higher-priced product?

U.S. manufacturers ought to be able to muster some positive PR to promote the profession along with their brands.

A glance at some recent headlines may indicate a change in our economic fortunes.

Why the hostility toward manufacturers while we're encouraged to swallow banks' mammoth bailouts and bank leaders get to keep their jobs and bonuses?

Rethinking manufacturing has to be about more than a new controller on the assembly line — like building a sustainable business model.

Student interest in IT and computing is up. But what about business and finance?

You think today’s supply chains are complex; what if they had to stretch to the moon?

It’s time to stop the hemorrhaging of both GM and the public treasury and do what needs to be done.

It’s not the direct unavailability of credit that’s making life difficult for mid-sized manufacturers these days.