Simplify Your Plant Maintenance Shutdown

Getting ready for your annual or semi-annual plant maintenance shutdown at this time of year?  Whether you call it a shutdown, a turnaround, or an outage, it all results in a high-cost, big-impact event. Like any complex task, a shutdown can look overwhelming at first, but take some time to […]

The 2013 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index Results Predict Massive Powershift

The United States, Germany and Japan, the world’s leading manufacturers, are about to be seriously challenged to keep their competitive edge against emerging nations such as China, India, and Brazil according to the 2013 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited’s Global Manufacturing Industry group and the U.S. […]