June 2008 - Posts

• Crisis mentality

  What puzzles me about the ongoing energy “crisis” is that anyone should be surprised by it – or that there should be any doubt about how to resolve it. To begin, calling it a “crisis” is questionable, because there is no apparent shortage of energy: there Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:29 PM by REB | 1 Comments

• Another piece of the puzzle

  Someday, the auto industry will be thriving again – designing and building exciting products, and selling lots of them. Until then, we get to watch them grope and stumble their way through reengineering, reorganization, and re-identifying themselves. Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:28 PM by REB | 0 Comments

• Why the long face?

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is crowing this week about a settlement it “reached” with a gray iron foundry, involving a comparatively small fine (easy for me to say; I don’t have to pay it) but a notable development in regulatory policy for Read More... Posted Friday, June 13, 2008 1:02 PM by REB | 0 Comments

• Is this any way to run a supply chain?

  The demise of Lunt Manufacturing isn’t news — it was announced earlier this year ; in fact, in April the magnesium diecaster was swept up by a private-equity outfit that plans to consolidate it into its Contech group of light-metal automotive diecasters. Read More... Posted Friday, June 06, 2008 9:45 AM by REB | 0 Comments