Editor’s Letter
A Peek Into the Future
n January of 2012, the Manufacturing Leadership Council published its first study on the subject of future factories…
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Getting More Disciplined on Sustainability
the 20th century, two of the most important disciplines that manufacturers embraced were lean manufacturing and safety…
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M4.0’s Cultural Imperative
One of the key findings of our new, first-ever survey on corporate culture in the Manufacturing 4.0 era
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Defining Leadership in the M4.0 Era
Trying to come up with a standard definition of leadership can be a frustrating experience....
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Future Factories: Déjà vu All Over Again?
In an attempt to get some perspective on where the industry stands today with regards to the idea of…
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A Game of Risk
John Fleming, the chairman of the manufacturing leadership Council’s Board of Governors and former Executive Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Labor Affairs at the Ford Motor Co., makes an important point about Manufacturing 4.0.
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Making Customer-Centric Innovation Real
Innnovation in manufacturing can take many forms.Companies can devise incremental improvements in...
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Don’t Forget the Fundamentals
John Fleming, the chairman of the manufacturing leadership Council’s Board of Governors and former Executive Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Labor Affairs at the Ford Motor Co., makes an important point about Manufacturing 4.0.
Read MoreA Different Factory World is Coming
A while back, we asked the academic members of the ML Council’s Board of Governors, the body of outside advisors that guides the Council’s direction, to give us their views on what they think future factories may look like...
Read MoreThe Industry Moves Ahead on Sustainability
LAST MONTH, LEADERS FROM NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNments as well as from businesses met in Bonn, Germany, to discuss ways of implementing the 2015 Paris climate agreement. Even though the U.S. federal government has decided not...
Read MoreMaking the Commitment to Manufacturing 4.0
WHEN MY SON ANDREW ENTERED HIGH SCHOOL, ONE of the first things he was interested in doing was going out for the football team. He soon learned that ‘going out for the team’ meant a lot more than just showing up for practice and...
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