According to them it’s the workers’ fault we’re in the mess we are, because we dare to want decent wages, trade unions and a care system that looks after those in need. And if only we weren’t all so lazy, according to the people who are now enjoying a long summer recess most of us […]
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In the grand scheme of the manufacturing industry, $2.5 billion is not a lot of money. But for electronics companies and workers in the US, it’s a bonanza. Within the next three years, reports the IPC, both OEMs and EMS companies are expected to bring more than $2 billion worth of manufacturing services and jobs […]
An interview with Michael E. Porter, Lawrence University Professor, and Jan W. Rivkin, Rauner professor of business administration and head of HBS’s strategy unit. Read the complete article, Can America Compete? (September-October 2012) Harvard Magazine: What prompted you to begin this inquiry? Michael Porter: There was a clear feeling at HBS that something different was […]
Onshoring of Electronics Manufacturing: $2.5 Billion in 3 Years Aug 16, 2012 Electronics manufacturing operations with a value of at least $2.5 billion are expected to come to North America in the next three years, according to a new study from IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries. The study indicates that on-shoring – actions by […]
Photo by Rick Maiman Hoyer stumps for Meng in 6th CD 1 House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer stopped by Borough Hall Tuesday to support Assemblywoman Grace Meng. Posted: Thursday, August 9, 2012 10:30 am | Updated: 11:19 am, Thu Aug 9, 2012. Hoyer stumps for Meng in 6th CD by Michael Gannon, Associate Editor Queens […]
How do you encourage 300,000 globally dispersed employees to embrace social collaboration? Start with giving them what they want. Oh, and while you’re at it, compress time and space. To hear General Electric Co. Corporate CIO Ron Utterbeck talk about Colab, GE’s social collaboration platform, it not only sounds plausible but actually sounds exciting. Ron […]
by Silvio Maracacci, via Clean Technica As the federal government starts implementing an aggressive 54.5 mile-per-gallon (mpg) auto fuel efficiency standard, the importance of reducing gasoline consumption for a sustainable American economy and environment becomes clearer every day. Combining Efficiency Standards and Fuel Fees A new set of recommended vehicle efficiency standards and fuel fees […]
One of the more popular strategies for manufacturers in the last two decades has been to outsource their production, or transfer their production facilities to low labour-cost countries. That tide is now beginning to turn, however, and according to the Boston Consulting Group, some US industries are bringing back their factories as wages rise abroad […]
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney opened up numerous lines of attacks in July on President Barack Obama for playing the inside Washington game by cutting deals on health care reform, giving government funds to campaign donors and meeting with lobbyists on various policies. While Romney has not yet laid out how he would play inside the […]
Working conditions continue to be an issue at the Foxconn factories in China where Apple makes its best-selling electronic gadgets. On June 19, a young man who worked at one factory jumped to his death from a neighboring apartment building. Shockingly, it was the 19th such suicide since January 2010. Opinions on the issue fall […]
