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Manufacturing Executive Leadership Journal

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  • Timely, relevant insight on manufacturing issues, written by industry leaders, for industry leaders
  • Unique content on such key topics as sustainability and tomorrow’s workforce
  • Six bi-monthly, advertising-free issues rich in information and ideas, all in a clear, easy-to-read format
  • Available in a format you prefer: Print, Digital and iPad app

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ReInventing Manufacturing - Critical Issue: Factories of the Future

Even as complexity increases plants must be able to build the products that are needed, when they are needed, and in the quantities in which they are needed. In order to do that as efficiently as possible, manufacturing executives will need to continuously improve existing organizational structures, production methods, and technologies while also embracing new ones.

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