Daily News For August 1, 2008 ADVERTISEMENT A Ventana Research Report: Managing Demand Volatility -- Improving operational responsiveness and performance with information technology The performance expectations for manufacturers today can be overwhelming when their world consists of constant changes in Customer Orders, Supply Disruptions, Product Revisions and New Sales Opportunities. And in parallel, customers continue to demand faster service and a greater variety of products. In today's competitive environment success depends on how fast and how effectively brand owners and manufacturers can respond to these constant changes. Download this whitepaper published by Ventana Research, sponsored by Kinaxis to learn how you can manage demand volatility and improve operational performance. Today's Daily News Research Promotes Inland River Barges for U.S. Freight One typical 15-barge river tow has the same capacity as 1,015 trucks and 216 rail cars being pulled by six locomotives. Click to continue Economy Loses 51,000 Jobs in July Over the last seven months the economy has lost 463,000 jobs Click to continue Nucor to Add Heat Treating for Plate Nucor Steel­Hertford, in Winton, N.C., will be the site of a new heat-treating facility for carbon steel plate. The estimated $110 million project will make it possible for Nucor to supply about 120,000 tons/year of heat-treated plate ranging in thickness from 3/16 through 2 in. Click to continue ADA-ES Tapped to Develop Technology to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants The technology is being designed to provide a means of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases from coal-fired boilers. Click to continue Air Force Base Officially Kicks Off Fuel-cell Lift Truck Project The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) began its program at the Robins Air Force Base. The Defense Depot Warner Robins teamed up with the DLA Research and Development program to introduce the second in a series of pilot projects to demonstrate the use of hydrogen fuel cells in lift trucks. Click to continue IndustryWeek Web Forum Visit the IndustryWeek Forums -- an active online community discussing the latest in manufacturing. The forum is open! Why 5,300 Jobs Disappeared "I just read a fairly thorough analysis in the Toledo Blade about the state of manufacturing in southeast Michigan and northwest Ohio..." Click to continue So, Is This To Be China's, Or India's, Century? "The author lays out some compelling reasoning for this unlikely-sounding conclusion, including the argument that democracies..." Click to continue Furniture Makers or Movers? "Following a trend I wrote about in IndustryWeek’s August cover story, some furniture manufacturers may move operations back to the United States because of rising transportation costs and currency fluctuations..." Click to continue The Republican National Committee, Social Shopping and Web 2.0 "Since one of the ways that we could fight the War on Terror was to go shopping, it makes perfect sense that that would be the same way to elect Republicans..." Click to continue Participate in this and other discussions at forums.industryweek.com. Manufacturing Webcast Ingersoll Rand's PLM Extension Hear product development experts from Ingersoll Rand, PTC, and Aberdeen Group in a panel discussion moderated by IndustryWeek. During this free webcast on August 7, you'll learn how integrating and extending your PLM can lead to dramatic improvements, such as 26% increases in hitting product launch dates, and 17% boosts in meeting product revenue targets. Can't attend the live event? Register anyway and we will send you an email when the archive is available. Miss an Issue? See our newsletter archives. PRODUCED BY Click on any of the above logos to visit the producing sites.

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