Howard Schultz's Call to Action on American Manufacturing
By Kevin Meyer Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is one of those guys you like, even if you sometimes you may not agree with him completely. A few months…
Missing the Point on People
By Kevin Meyer It started off well. I had high hopes. An article in the April 21st The Economist (wow... reading the future!) on manufacturing in t…
The Reshoring Story of GE Appliances
By Kevin Meyer Perhaps I'm just an optimist, but it's starting to seem like the discussion on manufacturing in America is changing. Just a y…
Sorry Apple, Not This Time
By Kevin Meyer The rumors are that Apple will be announcing the new iPad 3 on March 7th. For the first time in a few years I won't be one of the…
Lean Chickens 1 Fat Lions 0
by BILL WADDELL So .... Golden Bear Ltd gets the contract to produce the official mascot for the 2012 British Olymic Team, and decides labor costs -…
Milliken, the Anti-Kodak
By Kevin Meyer The last couple weeks have brought the story of yet another icon of business, Kodak, collapsing and filing for bankruptcy. Yes, failu…
Still Waiting on the Whambulance...
By Kevin Meyer Here I naively thought perhaps we had moved on. Over the past several months we've had story after story of companies realizing t…
Simmons to Simmons to California
By Kevin Meyer It took a few minutes to dissect this positive tidbit of news yesterday: Simmons opening a new furniture upholstery facility in the U.…