Content tagged with "economy"

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January 12, 2010

Economy still plaguing most metal fabricators Figure 1 Results From December 2009 "Fabricating Update" Survey A new year and decade have dawned, but for metal fabricators, the typical sayings for a new year's arrival don't apply. Forget "out with the old and in with the new," or even "good riddance." Perhaps the most appropriate... Read more...

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January 13, 2009

'It's the economy, stupid' The results are in and they are not surprising. An overwhelming majority of respondents to an annual survey of metal fabricators ranked the economy as their No. 1 business concern. For the past five years, the "Fabricating Update" e-newsletter has surveyed its subscribers about various... Read more...

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October 12, 2004

A growing force in Washington, D.C. If you take a thorough look at federal bureaus and agencies, you'll see quite an array of departments intended to promote a variety of industries and business-related activities. Many of them have been around for decades, and some are more than a century old. The United States Department... Read more...

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March 11, 2004

Offshore outsourcing—an economic and political issue When it comes to solving the economic problems, I'll believe it when I see it —meaning when my unemployed children and friends find work at salaries above the poverty level. They and I understand that a slow recovery is under way and that these problems, which didn't happen... Read more...

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August 14, 2003

Any good news in manufacturing? This article was inspired by a reader's reaction to Part II of David Goodreau's two-part series about the state of manufacturing, The Perfect Economic Storm and the 100-year Flood in Manufacturing . The reader asked, "Can you find ANY good news out there for the industry?" While... Read more...

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July 10, 2003

The problem with quality The companywide scores, which represent the number of problems per 100 vehicles, are as follows: Considerable variation exists among individual divisions of some OEMs. At GM, for example, Cadillac's results prove to be the second best in the survey (103), while Hummer's are the lowest (225).... Read more...

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March 14, 2002

That's the Deal - Sales strategies—Part 2 Remember this maxim: Everybody is in sales. Because they are, are they not? Everyone has the ability to make an impression on customers that will affect the bottom line. Train employees to treat each other like internal customers. What happens inside shows on the outside. Make every... Read more...

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November 15, 2001

Mac's Muse: One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes ... gone! As U.S. steel industry gets its lunch eaten, many parties can share blame A recession, defined by economists, is two consecutive quarters of negative (absent) GDP growth. History shows that there have been 12 recessions in the U.S. since the Great Depression of '29. Half of those recessions lasted approximately six months; the others, 18 months. Thus, the average... Read more...

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November 15, 2001

'It's gonna be painful' Metal industry players note little to reassure them in days ahead Ask people in the trenches of the metals industry, job shops and equipment manufacturers alike, what lies down the road, and you might as well paint their windshields black and tell them to drive home — they know where they want to go, but how and when they'll get there remain big question... Read more...

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