Aim of this paper is to explore the main drivers of outsourcing of knowledge intensive business services by Italian manufacturing firms. While anecdotal and empirical evidence has emphasized labor cost and scale economies as behind firms' choices to outsource production or service activities, here the authors focus on spatial agglomeration...
Discrete manufacturing companies in the aerospace, automotive, engineering and construction, industrial, high tech, and electronics industries are grappling with an accelerated pace of business change and increasingly demanding customers. With companies facing pressures to grow and increase profitability, their focus should be on strengthening core capabilities - product development and...
Compliance with pending and existing environmental directives will influence many aspects of business operations -from the way products are created to how they are packaged and shipped. Compliance directives will impact most entities in varying degrees, especially OEMs and component manufacturing companies. Most compliance strategies are lagging behind mandated deadlines,...
After years of rightsizing, reengineering and a focus on efficiency in factory operations, manufacturing companies are looking for new core competencies that can provide differentiation and competitive advantage. This paper summarizes a framework for exploring these questions and assessing product development maturity. Based on benchmarking studies of the integrated product...
Senior executives of progressive manufacturing companies see the diamond in the rough. They are starting to pay more attention to service parts because its profit potential is already proven and its downstream revenue potential is under appreciated and under developed. They also recognize how service parts performance can be a...
From the executive summary: ‘The paper explores Economic Value Added EVA as a performance measurement tool for small manufacturing companies. Advantages and disadvantages of using EVA over traditional performance measurement tools such as sales, revenues, earnings, operating profit, profit after tax, and profit margin are investigated. The EVA calculation using...
This research examines the relative importance attached, by the chief executives of 93 service and 112 manufacturing organizations. The analysis finds evidence that the emphasis on quality increases in service firms with higher QCert value scores, so as to provide a greater balance between internal and external dimensions of quality....
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Church & Dwight to Build New Laundry Detergent Plant in PennsylvaniaC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Church & Dwight Co. has announced plans to construct a new integrated laundry detergent manufacturing plant and distribution center in York County, Pennsylvania. The Company said...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Nielsen Reports on Consumer Goods Categories That Are Most Immune, Most Vulnerable to RecessionC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com As the economic downturn causes consumers to reprioritize their spending habits and forces consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers to reevaluate their consumer marketing strategies,...
A short while back, I was invited to the Tejon Ranch in California to do a bit of wild pig hunting and the stars of this show were the DiamondBlade knives. For once, I found something truly new and innovative, not to mention an improvement on everything I have tried...
NexTech Solutions, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: NXSL) andFAS Holdings Group, LLC, jointly doing business as "NexTechFAS," arepleased to announce that the company has unveiled two new products for usein the manufacture of solar panels. The PVScan, an automated opticalinspection AOI tool, and the PVAdvantage, an extrusiondeposition ED...
Researched by Industrial Info Resources (SugarLand, Texas) -- Shenhua Group Corporation Limited Shenhua, China'slargest coal producer, and South Africa's Sasol Limited (NYSE:SSL), theworld's first manufacturer commercializing coal liquefaction technology,are planning coal liquefaction projects in China's Shanxi province and theNingxia autonomous region. The two companies are currently completing thefeasibility assessment of...
Deposco, the industry's leading authority onnext-generation supply chain solutions for manufacturers, distributors,retailers and third party logistics providers, today announced the additionof Andrew Berry as vice president of sales. A goal-oriented operationsleader with over 15 years experience in supply-chain technology firms,Berry further broadens Deposco's management team. "Due to low up-front...
Sino-Biotics, Inc. (OTCBB: SBTI), previouslya "blank check" Company trading on the Pink Sheets and OTC Bulletin Board,took a significant step forward today with the completion of a reversemerger through which it has acquired CH International Holdings Limited CHInternational. The transaction positions Sino-Biotics as one of theworld's leading designers, manufacturers...
Soapstone Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: SOAP) todayreported results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2008. Revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 was $3.9 millionand $6.6 million, respectively, compared to $29.6 million and $50.2million, respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007.The three...
HOUSTON -- Rowan Companies, Inc. (NYSE:RDC) announced today that its wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary, LeTourneau Technologies, Inc. LTI, has entered into a contract to provide major components for nine new 1500 horsepower land drilling rigs. The contract is with Nomac Drilling, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy Corporation,...
TransAKT Ltd. (OTCBB: TAKDF) (the "Company" or"TransAKT"), a global manufacturer and distributor of telecommunicationshardware for commercial and residential users, is pleased to announceresults of its Special and Annual General Meeting of shareholders SAGMheld June 30, 2008. The shareholders considered and approved the following matters at the SAGM,the particulars of which...
Peerless Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: PRLS)today announced that the Company's Board of Directors authorized therepurchase of up to 2.0 million shares of common stock, in accordance witha written plan adopted pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934, as amended. Chairman of the Board Timothy E. Brog said, "This...
KANKAKEE, Ill. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE:ROH) Kankakee facility with their National Environmental Performance Track Award for progress toward achieving environmental performance goals and the breadth and challenge of those goals. "Results are what are most important to the...
NEWARK, N.Y. -- IEC Electronics Corp. (OTCBB: IECE), a provider of electronic manufacturing services to advanced technology companies, announces that it has been named "Company of the Month" in the July 2008 edition of The Bowser Report newsletter. The Bowser Report, based in Newport News, Virginia, selects and recommends stocks...
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