Industry Week articles from June 2002

Industry Week archives from June 2002

Time for a triple bottom line. (Editor's Page).(corporate reporting)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... With next month's release of the latest corporate Sustainability Reporting Guidelines from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), corporate sustainability management and reporting, encompassing the "triple bottom line" of economic,...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2002... Bigger Supplier Squeezes [Re:The Big Squeeze, April 2002, Page 68] You have ignored a crucial aspect of the "master huckster," procurement-based manufacturing crisis: the economic effect upon manufacturers when the procurement company the...

China embraces the internet: manufacturers will benefit from push to improve global comptitiveness. (E-Business).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... When International Manufacturing Group Inc. (IMG) began to standardize its computer and Internet procedures six years ago, the going was rough. The company, which has extensive operations in China, found the country's Internet infrastructure so...

More financial data forthcoming. (Disclosure).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Enron Corp.'s audit problems and Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing were by no means a gilt to employees or investors. But the troubles at the Houston-based energy firm do keep on giving--including giving impetus to some U.S. manufacturers to...

'Net purchasing activity remains sluggish: buyers go online more frequently for indirect goods. (Web Commerce).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... Even as the U.S. economy posted its best growth rate in more than two years during this year's first calendar quarter, use of the Internet for purchases did not keep pace. Among the 350 manufacturing and non-manufacturing business...

Putting employees first pays off. (Executive Word).(Brief Article)(Company Profile)(Obituary)
June 1, 2002... F. Kenneth Iverson Former Chairman and CEO, Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N. C. Education: Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from Cornell University and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University....

Do you suffer from CEO - itis? How to diagnose a company-killing disease. (Brandt on Leadership).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... One of the pleasures of being a CEO or other top dog is the illusion, reinforced daily, that you are Superman and can, in fact, do no wrong. Your secretary organizes your desk, your VPs organize your meetings, and your minions cower before you...

Mechanical design challenge: a California company aims to convert 1.5 million CAD users from 2-D to 3-D. Think3 attacks cost, training barriers. (Emerging Technologies).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Question: It's 2002--why is less than 20% of mechanical CAD done in 3-D? Joe Costello is building a company that will help 3-D technology reach mainstream adoption among mechanical engineers. "Today there are more than 3 million 2-D users and...

Secure connection. (Emerging Technologies).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... "Too much data and not enough information" doesn't have to apply to security management. That's the premise supporting a new approach to enterprise security demonstrated recently at CA World, the annual user conference of Computer Associates...

Part two: integrated product development. (E-Business/Factories of the Future).
June 1, 2002... LEADING-EDGE MANUFACTURERS SUCH AS DAIMLERCHRYSLER, JOHNSON CONTROLS INC. AND GENERAL MOTORS CORP. HAVE UNITED THE ISLANDS OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION THROUGH CAREFULLY CRAFTED SYSTEMS THAT CONNECT CORE FUNCTIONS WITH ONE ANOTHER AND...

Under fire: consumer cries for sweatshop-free products drive big-name brands to extra ordinary lenghts to monitor working conditions at contractor plants. (Supply Chain).
June 1, 2002... AT LEVI STRAUSS & Co. 20 full-time employees do nothing but monitor the company's 500 to 600 contractor factories worldwide. In addition, the San Francisco-based, $4.3 billion company relies on the part-time input of some 40 employees...

Industrial strength: despite corporate casualties and crises, mergers and acquisitions, and a roller coaster economy, manufacturing maintains its global power and reach.(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... EVERETT M. DIRKSEN HAD THE RIGHT idea about high finance. "A billion here and a billion there," he reputedly once said, "and pretty soon you're talking real money." Dirksen the legendary senator from Illinois who died in 1969, is said to...

Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI. (Associations).(David N. Griffiths and John H. Weber named to board)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... * David N. Griffiths and John H. Weber were elected to the board of trustees at the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI meeting held in Washington, D. C. Griffiths is president and CEO of Citizens Gas & Coke Utility, Indianapolis. He serves on the...

Industrial Learning Alliance (ILA). (Associations).(Ohio group offers CD-ROMS on reducing workplace injuries)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... * A cooperative effort between the State of Ohio and an alliance of Ohio's manufacturers to reduce workplace injuries through the use of a free CD-ROM training program was previewed at the 72nd Annual Ohio Safety Congress and Expo in Cleveland...

GNP Computers. (Companies).(Patricia A. McGowan joins as senior product marketing manager)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... * Patricia A. McGowan has joined GNP Computers, Monrovia, Calif., as senior product marketing manager. She will be responsible for Continuant Cluster, GNP's high-availability middleware for carrier-grade servers. Previously, McGowan was a...

Pressure Island Inc. (Companies).(in alliance with FMT Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... * Pressure Island Inc., a manufacturer of high-pressure, aqueous-based, closed-loop equipment and parts cleaning systems, is forming a joint manufacturing and marketing alliance with FMT Inc., Findlay, Ohio, a 40-year remanufacturer of...

Ultra Tech Machinery Inc. (Companies).(appoints Joe Butler)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... * Joe Butler has been appointed national sales manager of Ultra Tech Machinery Inc., a designer and manufacturer of metal forming and machining equipment. Butler is responsible for administering Ultra Tech's sales and marketing program...

U.S. EPA. (Companies).
June 1, 2002... * The U.S. EPA honored several manufacturing companies and utilities in March by bestowing upon them 2002 Climate Protection and Stratospheric Ozone Protection awards. Among the winners for climate protection: * Air Products and Chemicals...

Events.
June 1, 2002... June 9-12: Society of Plastics Engineers Rotational Molding Division Regional Technical Conference "Advances in Materials and Processes in Rotomolding" Cleveland June 10-11: www@4spe.org Work-Life Challenges In a Changed...

Locations.(Hyundai's new U.S. plant to begin production in 2005)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... Production at Hyundai's first assembly and manufacturing plant in the U.S. is slated to begin in 2005. Plant * Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's largest automotive producer, is building a US$1 billion assembly and manufacturing plant in...

Broadband as James Dean: this technology without a cause desperately needs one. (E Commentary).(Brief Article)(Editorial)
June 1, 2002... If ever there was a technology that was a few light-years before its time, it's broadband. Broadband, in case your eyes glazed over at the mere mention of the word, generally refers to a faster Internet connection. The premise for...

BASF breaks through with statistics. (Best Practices).(efficiency issues)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... THERE COMES A TIME WHEN CHIPPING AWAY AT a trouble spot in a production process one incremental improvement at a time isn't Enough--When it's time to force it and, as the saying goes, "get a bigger hammer." Such complex problems cry out...

But slower is not slow. (Financial & Economic Trends).(U.S. economic forecasts)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... For the rest of 2002, the U.S. economy is unlikely to match the 5.8% annual rate of inflation-adjusted GDP growth that it posted in this year's first calendar quarter. One reason: None of the subsequent quarters is expected to repeat the...

Manufacturing gains. (Financial & Economic Trends).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... Consistent with other economic indicators showing U.S. manufacturing recovering from recession, the latest quarterly index of future business activity from the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI suggests factory output will rise during this calendar...

What happened to the recovery? Excess capacity, lack of new orders signal meager comeback. (Evans on the Economy).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... It now seems likely that after the surprising 5.8% gain in real GDP in the first quarter, the economy will grow at only a 2% to 3% annual rate not only for the rest of this year, but for 2003 as well. The tax rebate last summer, which...