July 2009 - Posts

• Viability

  People who work in U.S. manufacturing worry almost constantly about the viability of domestic manufacturing. People who are not in manufacturing sense the anxiety, but they misunderstand the problem. A regular correspondent, who owns a manufacturing company Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:41 AM by REB | 0 Comments

• Out of their hands

  General Motors is out of bankruptcy, which is certainly good. If, and how soon, it will achieve anything resembling normal operations is doubtful. Finding a successful routine is going to be a difficult — note that GM’s Saginaw Metal Casting Operations Read More... Posted Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:56 PM by REB | 0 Comments