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October 1, 2011… When Brian Papke talks about manufacturing in North America, his speech is a mixture of buoyant optimism and more than a hint of frustration. “The public suffers from a misconception that all manufacturing has gone offshore,” says Papke, president of machine-tool builder Mazak Corp., who…Read more

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October 1, 2011… 1) Overcoming the Plateau: Leveraging Lean for Growth & Connecting Improvements to Business Performance Sponsored by TBM Consulting Group 2) The Visual Workplace: You Can’t Get to Lean Without It 3) Optimizing the Product Introduction and Change Process Sponsored by SAP 4)…Read more

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October 1, 2011… Re: “Ex-Google Exec: ‘Mr. President, Raise MyTaxes,’” www.industryweek.com/ articles/ex-google_exec_mr-_president_ raise my_taxes_25670.aspx Former Google marketing executive Doug Edwards, who penned the memoir “I’m Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59,” attended a…Read more

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October 1, 2011… Re: The Real Solyndra Scandal www.industryweek.com/articles/ the_real_solyndra_scandal_25667. aspx?ShowAll=I Alan Tonelson, a research fellow with the U.S. Business & industry Educational Foundation, wrote that the Solyndra scandal’s effects “could well greatly transcend the American…Read more

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October 1, 2011… Congratulations to bandej, who has achieved the lofty title of CWE (Caption Writer Extraordinaire). You, too, can earn fame (but, alas, no fortune) by joining in the latest “You Write The Caption” contest, featuring gags from cartoonist Jerry King. Go to www.industryweek.com/cartoons, and…Read more