Manitowoc Leads the "Revival"
22 July 2008
The media, unfortunately driving popular perception, continues to insist that North American manufacturing is dying. Sure, U.S. banking is in trouble…
Will Obama Learn from Europe?
19 July 2008
Presidential candidate Barack Obama will soon visit several countries in Europe. What will he see, and more importantly, what will he learn? Democra…
Maybe They'll Listen to Womack
7 July 2008
We often push the fact that manufacturing is expanding in the U.S. and it really is possible to compete globally from U.S. factories... even in low ma…
Tax Sensitivity 101
5 July 2008
We've talked a lot the last couple weeks about outsourcing and offshoring, whether driven by a lack of understanding of real-world economics, the…
WaPo Deludes The Masses, Again
29 June 2008
I lost respect for the "reporting" in The Washington Post long, long ago, but I still peruse it briefly online each morning just to see what…
Global IQ Quiz - The Answers
28 June 2008
Yesterday we asked the questions from the global IQ quiz that appeared in Richard McCormack's newsletter, Manufacturing & Technology News. B…
Global IQ Quiz - The Questions
27 June 2008
Our post a couple weeks ago on the Tata Group generated several comments suggesting globalization is pervasive... and still a little unknown. Coincid…
The Buzzword of Customer
25 June 2008
Sometimes our friends across the pond are almost as crazy as we are. British bureaucrats have been warned: no more synergies, stakeholders or sustain…