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15 a Day...

Ken Voytek
15 a day. That is how many manufacturing establishments have closed every day (including weekends and holidays) over the last 13 years. The journey to getting

Making Good Use of Some Downtime

Tab Wilkins
In September I heard about Making in America – From Innovation to Market, a new book by Suzanne Berger and her colleagues at MIT. I finished the book with some

Have It Your Way

Stacey Wagner
One of the most appealing characteristics of a capitalist society is the emphasis on consumer demand to drive product and service development. Want your burger

MFG Is Who We Are

Mark Schmit
Toward the end of summer, I was part of an assembled mass of governors and manufacturers at a Walmart-led summit in Florida. My boss, the Secretary of Commerce

Guess Again

Stacey Wagner
How many times during the day do you guess? You probably do it more than you think. I’ll bet you guess when it’s time to leave for work in the morning, or you

How People Make Things

Andy Capel
Guest post by Andy Capel, Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions Sometimes we all need a pick-me-up. It is so easy to get in a rut in our everyday life and become