The Global Community for Manufacturing Leadership

In our latest Dialogue with a thought leader in global manufacturing, Procter & Gamble?s president of Global Business Services and CIO, Filippo Passerini, explains how global outsourcing and innovative business models will help the CPG giant run more efficiently, gain agility, and reach another billion cu...

Car seat specialist Recaro turned to DHL to build its finished goods, but Recaro customers, automakers BMW, Ferrari, Ford, General Motors, and others, did not buy-in to the plan. Lesson learned: A radical restructuring of the value chain requires some relationship building to earn trust and align vision....

Maintaining production quality is paramount if you are using contract manufacturers. Avoiding pitfalls comes down to gaining visibility into supply chain processes ? and your ability to be proactive rather than reactive....

... recede, companies continue to expand their global reach. Availability of low-cost
labor still drives offshoring and outsourcing decisions. In the supply chain ...

Competitive global markets are forcing manufacturers to increase their agility in order to improve their supply chain collaboration and customer response. European companies must find ways to differentiate their products and services while keeping costs under control. They must balance higher service levels...

How business technology like ERP is changing and adapting to rapid change and outsourcing....

The ?former? manufacturer of copiers embraces a services-based business model that complements old world manufacturing with new economy service delivery....

In today?s increasingly complex global market, manufacturers face unrelenting pressure to create new products and services that will provide competitive advantage and drive growth. As a result, mastering the process of innovation has become a greater imperative than ever before....

While German automotive maker VW set up shop in the U.S., Airbus went to China to assembly its airplanes. The common factor for both had nothing to do with finding low-cost labor, rather, they needed to be closer to the countries they serve due to the price of oil, green initiatives, and exchange rates....

Regulated industries facing stricter guidelines understand that quality management applications including corrective and preventative action (CAPA)and traceability can't operate in isolated areas of production, rather, they must run through product design, manufacturing, supply chain, and field service to c...