For the past three years, there has been mounting anecdotal evidence that North America is once again becoming a preferred location for manufacturing. The evidence has been spotty, but nonetheless compelling — Apple’s building in Texas, Motorola’s making smartphones in Fort Worth, Lenovo opening a plant in North Carolina, Texas Instruments in Maine, GE in […]

Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C.  3:28 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much.  (Applause.)  Everybody, please have a seat.  Thank you.  Well, it is wonderful to be here, and I always look forward to an opportunity to speak to some of our top businesses across the country who are hiring people, investing in America, […]

  President Obama, in an interview at a Wall Street Journal conference, said he would accept a piecemeal approach to overhauling the immigration system, a shift from calls for comprehensive reform. Here is the full transcript of his remarks, as provided by Federal News Service (www.fednews.com). Remarks by President Barack Obama at the Wall Street […]

Different manufacturing businesses face different business challenges depending on product sets, competitive dynamics, supply chains and customer trends in a given market. But when it comes to reducing the costs of existing products, they share some very similar challenges. For example:  Complex global manufacturing and sourcing strategies make it difficult for design and cost engineering teams […]