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China, New Hub for High-Fashion Design
The infamous and ubiquitous “Made in China” tag on a product might lead many consumers to assume a product is “cheap” in both price and quality; yet across industries, these products pervade every...
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Indiana and Oregon among Top Manufacturing States
July was a good month for U.S. manufacturers, with business conditions improving and 6,000 net jobs added to the sector, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The Purchasing Managers...
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Should Offshore Manufacturing be counted as U.S. Production?
Globalization has had such a dramatic impact on manufacturing in the United States that federal agencies are considering changing the way they define and measure U.S. output and production. A new...
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4 Tech Trends That Could Bring Back U.S. Manufacturing
Low-cost robotic workforces, 3D printing, and increased drilling and materials engineering will all impact manufacturing in America, finds a new study by MIT. More than 20 years ago, MIT conducted a...
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Product Innovation… More than a Bright Idea
Early this morning I endured my second session of shockwave therapy for a painful case of plantar fasciitis. While biting my knuckles and holding back tears, the following thoughts crept into my head:...
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China Looks to U.S. for New Manufacturing Model
Chinese manufacturers are facing hard times. Debt is up, sales are down. Signs of relief are followed by signs of trouble. Last week, I wrote about the responses and solutions that most Chinese...
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U.S. Manufacturing Powered by Growth in Oil and Gas Sector
Our economy is straining at the bit to grow out of the Great Recession. You wouldn’t know that from the dreary news on both the jobs and GDP growth front. The good news is found in the incredible...
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Manufacturing in a Subscription Economy
For more than a hundred years, makers of razors have used a standard marketing model. Sell the razor handle at a low price, and lock users into a proprietary razor blade cartridge and a higher margin....
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Top Manufacturers Share Innovation Strategies
Innovation is paramount to a company’s success. Breakthrough products can become the thing that truly sets a manufacturer apart from its competitors. But product innovation is no easy task. There has...
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When David Met Goliath: Scrappy Design Company Shakes Up Big Manufacturing
There’s no stopping 26-year-old Ben Kaufman. Every week, his New York City-based company receives 2,000 new product ideas from its online community of wannabe inventors. A handful of those ideas are...
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Manufacturers Continue to On-Shore Production
The United States is looking more and more attractive to manufactures, and recent news reinforces this trend. Foxconn Technology Group, the flagship company of Taiwan’s Hon Hai, recently announced...
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Bronx Derailment Highlights Need for Failsafe Mechanisms
Questions around rail safety and calls for the implementation of new technology are arising in the aftermath of the Bronx, New York train derailment. Sunday’s accident—which occurred on the Hudson line...
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Wear Blue Laces to Support American Manufacturing
Yellow bracelets. Multicolored puzzle pieces. Even 26.2 stickers on a rear bumper. We all know what these symbols mean. But what about blue shoelaces? If New York apparel firm Flint and Tinder has its...
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China Says Yes to Made in USA
“Made in America” has become a trendy label that conscientious U.S. consumers often look for. But it’s not just Americans who are searching for that label. American-made goods have more international...
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Redoing American Innovation, Indian Style
Mansukh Prajapati was never much of a student. His father, struggling to make ends meet as a potter in the northeastern state of Gujarat, India, sent Prajapati to school hoping some rigorous academics...
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Manufacturers Find On-Shoring Spurs Productivity
As kids in a boisterous playgroup click together the brightly colored interlocking plastic rods and connectors to assemble a toy based on Angry Birds, they may not give much thought to where the pieces...
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Manufacturers Embrace Sustainability, Consumers Less Bothered
Vinyl LP aficionados had a scare when Ikea announced it was discontinuing its popular Expedit wooden shelving units earlier this year. Turns out the shelves are ideal for storing old record...
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Increased Pay Spells Better Times for Manufacturing Workers
The average salary for manufacturing managers in the United States jumped 7.6 percent last year, according to data from a 2014 IndustryWeek salary survey. The jump is impressive, especially in a year...
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Quirky & GE Unveil Smart AC Unit
We all love summertime. That is, unless we happen to have a classic AC window unit. For those of us who do, it’s all about trying to fit a hundred-pound monstrosity into a window frame clearly not...
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Cat Mini-Excavator is Not a Bull in a China Shop
Caterpillar Inc.’s newest video in the Built For It Trial series takes the popular saying, “like a bull in a china shop,” to a whole other level. The third of the Caterpillar short films, “China Shop”...
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