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September 2010
Cover Story
DeepDive: Market Overview — Manufacturers Get the Message
by Stephanie Neil
Driven by market conditions that require doing more with less and users’ increasing reliance on smart phones, manufacturers are finding new ways to make mobility just another way to do business.
Features
Reader Poll: Leadership Today and Tomorrow
by David R. Brousell
How are manufacturers thinking about leadership today and in the future? A new reader poll reveals that they believe the key to a better future is in creating greater customer value.
Who’s the Boss?
by Jeff Moad
The customer, that’s who. This year’s 12 top Progressive Manufacturing Award winners never lost sight of that fact, finding ways to improve internal efficiency while also innovating to deliver new value to customers.
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Commentary
Take 1
Back to School
by David R. Brousell
A new alliance among ISA, the Automation Federation, and FIRST is another salvo in the long and difficult battle to increase the number of science and math graduates.
Notes
Closing the Training Gap (Part 1)
by Joshua Greenbaum
Ineffective workforce training programs pose a quality threat with costly implications for manufacturers that don’t address the issue — and soon.
Methods
Tools to Improve Plant Performance
by Julie Fraser
With the right MI manufacturing software, manufacturers can measure overall equipment effectiveness and other performance metrics to meet operational excellence goals.
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The Innovation Imperative
by Robert Malone
Does a drastic change in corporate strategy and style — say, between controlled and unfettered — hinder product innovation? 3M’s history is instructional.
Product Scan
Manufacturing Technology Product Scan, September 2010
News on manufacturing technology to help you run your business, from manufacturing automation to enterprise applications and beyond.
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