Manufacturing in Growth and Transition

Michael J. Hicks, PhD, is the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research and the George and Frances Ball distinguished professor of...

A Tough Pump for Tough Times

Though the last twelve months presented challenges for several industries, many manufacturers navigated these troubled waters to bring new products to market. For example,...

Welcome to the Internet of Things

Sensaphone® will introduce its Sentinel™ PRO remote monitoring system, an enhanced version of the Sentinel cloud-based system, at WEFTEC 2015. Sentinel PRO monitors up...

Stop Falling Behind Your Competitors

Brad Wolff is author of People Problems? How to Create People Solutions for a Competitive Advantage and the managing partner for Atlanta-based, workplace optimization...

Grow Up and Get a Social Media Strategy

As the director of new product development, Phil Paranicas is responsible for creating new products and services that support the ThomasNet’s mission to help...

Multinational Companies Could Be Steering into a “Leaseberg”

For many industrial concerns, the cost of lease commitments that currently don’t sit on the balance sheet can be upwards of 62 percent of...

Embracing a Vision of Quality

Brian Gleason is the president and CEO of Des-Case Corporation, whose products extend the life of industrial lubricants by preventing contamination with desiccant breathers,...

In Times of Crisis, Reliability Counts More Than Ever

Anoosheh Oskouian is president and chief executive officer of Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc., a Southern California-based company that makes pollution reducing equipment for...

Inflationary impact on re-shoring

Supply chains play a vital role in the success of businesses across various industries. However, supply chains are often vulnerable to disruptions, inflation, and...

Breathing Easy with Certified Air Duct Cleaners

NADCA’s Mark Zarzeczny on the Breathing Clean initiative The Federal Trade Commission estimates that Americans lost more than $4 billion to fraud and scams during...