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INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION | Current Issue | Forward to a friend | RSS feed | October 2, 2008



Features

Driving higher performance in the warehouse
By Bruce Ennis
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Bruce Ennis was assigned to improve the performance of a warehouse “picking” process and decided to “get in the trenches and walk a mile in the shoes” of warehouse pickers.   Read more
 

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Daring to say loans made no sense
By David Carr
It may sound like an obvious question, but it’s turning out to be one others should have posed: “Why are they lending money to people who can’t afford to pay it back?” asks public radio producer and financial novice Alex Blumberg.  Read more

IMF: U.S. financial crisis could affect “virtually all” developed countries
A report by the International Monetary Fund indicates that the increasingly dire news about the American economy “ranks as one of the most intense” ever and could have dire effects on the economies of the world’s 17 most-developed nations.  Read more


NEMA: China’s WTO compliance must improve
The National Electrical Manufacturers Assn. tells United States Trade Representative Ambassador Susan Schwab that China must do more to comply with its obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization, especially when it comes to counterfeit goods.  Read more


From the McKinsey Quarterly:
A global survey by the McKinsey Quarterly finds that as risks to the global supply chain mount, managers aren’t keeping pace. Most respondents said their companies aren’t meeting strategic supply chain goals and relatively few have acted on the global trends with the most influence over supply chains.  Read more


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Commentary:

By the numbers

Data from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that only three nations had greater manufacturing productivity growth than the United States between 2000 and 2007. But the news so far this year is far less rosy.

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-Brad Perriello
Associate Editor

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