Steve Jobs once said, “Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It’s about saying no to all but the most crucial features.” As part of the I.D. product development team at Apple, I had the remarkable experience of observing this philosophy firsthand. I sat in on many desig...
which will sustain individuals and families, improve communities, and better equip those who serve in America’s Navy. “We are excited and grateful to be teaming with RFK Racing to drive awareness of the thousands of steady, well-paying manufacturing jobs available across the nation. Innovation,...
In addition to machines, operators, technicians and managers are there to perform their jobs and maximize global efficiency. The approach is to augment the capabilities of all involved entities to make them more efficient and more productive, with fewer errors, stops and faults, and with a ...
“The economic bleeding due to increasing offshoring has stopped. The rate of new reshoring is now equal to the rate of new offshoring. The challenge is now to reshore the 3 to 4 million manufacturing jobs that are still offshored.” He provided me with the following chart to use in the...
Since 2000, the manufacturing sector lost nearly one-third of its workforce, a total of nearly 6 million jobs. Unlike the preceding decades, according to the Federal Reserve, manufacturing production, the measure of the physical amount of goods that we make, actually declined from 2000 to 2010...
I also visited the community college located near the airport, Guilford Technical Community College, that provided training for aircraft and airline-related jobs. He said that this is one of the colleges partnering with the NC FAME. I asked if the Northwest Indiana Manufacturers network ever found...
And do I even need to mention “supply chain issues”, the latest and greatest excuse for every manufacturer out there to explain why they suck so badly at doing their jobs instead of just admitting that their management decided that they would LEAN away from making sales? Th...
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"Also the kind of deal you negotiate depends on the type of investment you are proposing--if you are establishing something that is very hi-tech or very new, or something that is going to create a lot of jobs, this will definitely work in your favour as it did for us. With a ...
The concept of waste being built into jobs and then taken for granted was noticed by motion efficiency expert Frank Gilbreth, who saw that masons bent over to pick up bricks from the ground. The bricklayer was therefore lowering and raising his entire upper body to pick up a 2.3 kg (5 ...