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South Carolina Manufacturing Introduction: Gretchen Philyaw is an industry CEO and noted columnist for a variety of global publications including Innovation & Tech Today and Plastics News. South Carolina Manufacturing is proud to announce our invitation to include her global column, Fabric of America, to our list of SCMFG resources and content. Below is one of her latest: Fabric […]
Being a bunch of what some would consider “Quality Dorks”, we’ve been abuzz since the Spring of 2013 with anticipation of the changes to the most widely adopted international management system standard in the world – ISO 9001. If you’ve done business in manufacturing over the past 28 years, you’ve probably had some sort of […]
Ask senior executives at manufacturing firms what their biggest challenge is managing new product innovation and you might hear answers such as lack of creative thinking, development teams need to work harder, or maybe that the organization does not have the right skill sets. The truth might surprise you: consistently year-in and year-out, the single […]
If you operate a small to mid-sized manufacturing enterprise (SME), how are you going to grow revenue and earnings? Every company relies on organic growth of their core products. For most that is typically not enough to sustain the business long term. Geographic expansion and acquisitions can help in some circumstances but long-term, a company […]
South Carolina has been highly successful attracting large, branch manufacturing operations to the state that provide high-paying manufacturing jobs. Well done. But are there other areas that both policy makers and existing manufacturing companies should focus on with similar vigor? In a recent article (1), Jason Zacher, Vice President of Business Advocacy for the Greenville […]
The term logistics has been around for quite some time. One of the first mentions of the field was by Alexander the Great, who said, “My logisticians are a humorless lot, for if my campaign fails they are the first I shall slay.” Over the years, the profession has been referred to by many […]
Whether or not your organization employs lean processes, chances are you have experienced them. Maybe you have seen the power of lean from drastically reduced wait times in healthcare, to significantly faster manufacturing lead times, to improved service delivery times and many other positive impacts. Yet, despite its widespread use and quick, impressive results, lean […]
As global manufacturers grapple with how to employ a unified product and service innovation approach to best succeed in today’s global economy, IDC Manufacturing Insights embarked on a survey to better understand manufacturers’ product and service innovation methods, practices, and plans. The results, highlighted in the new report, 2015 Product & Service Innovation Survey: Ensuring Quality […]
BorgWarner’s manufacturing plant in Seneca, South Carolina, was presented with an Excellence in Quality Award from Honda North America during a ceremony recently held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. The award recognized outstanding product quality in 2014. Since 2002, BorgWarner’s facility in Seneca has earned 12 supplier awards from Honda, including […]
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