Daily News For February 9, 2010 ADVERTISEMENT Capturing Competitive Advantage Get best practices, benchmarks, and real-world examples on how to enable Lean in all the tiers of your company (or even just your tier), and leverage the economy as an opportunity to build a substantial competitive advantage. Download this free white paper today and find out how to streamline processes and reduce costs. Your copy is waiting! Today's Daily News Toyota Should Have Acted Sooner Says Japanese Minister This was a rare public rebuke from a government official. Click to continue Air Products Makes $7 Billion Hostile Bid for Airgas Industrial gas producer sees value, synergy, and growth in retail/distributor acquisition Click to continue Manufacturing Technology Consumption Down 60.4% in 2009 Industry groups say foreign tax structures encourage capital equipment investment and the U.S. needs to match the competition. Click to continue Outlook Points to Higher Truck and Trailer Sales in 2011 Accelerating economic activity has led FTR Associates to increase its estimates of the amount of truck freight that was moving at year-end 2009. If sustained, the stronger freight picture will result in higher truck rates and better financial results for truckers in 2010 and higher truck and trailer sales in 2011. Click to continue Taiwan's January Export Growth Highest in 34 Years Exports of electronic goods rose 106% from last year Click to continue G7 to Continue Stimulus Until Global Economy on Track The G7 nations' combined debt has reached a whopping $30 trillion amid spending to keep their economies afloat over the last year. Click to continue Logistics Today Web Forum Visit the Logistics Today Forums, the online community for logistics professionals. Browse or join the community. Globalism Will Face Backlash in 2010 "I make this prediction every year at this time, and every year I'm 100% accurate..." Click to continue Obama's 2011 Budget "Rosie Scenario wrote this budget..." Click to continue A Question About Logistics "Help me to distinguish international logistics and logistics for a firm with global operations..." Click to continue Join this community to participate in this and other discussions at forums.logisticstoday.com. Product Spotlight MURRELEKTRONIC: Family of Power and Device Cables MUR series power cables are the newest family of products available from Murrelektronik. The power and device cables are available in large variety of types and sizes, and feature connector sizes ranging from 7/8" to the industry standard 1-1/8," as well as pole arrangements from 2 – 19 pins. Click to continue Manufacturing Webinar Train Your Team on Mistake Proofing -- Online, and In a Half Day! Why don't process improvements "stick"? Even if everyone follows the improvement recommendations, why do some processes still produce defects? If you ask these types of questions, you need mistake proofing. Attend IndustryWeek's 4-hour online training on Feb. 25 and learn how to create mistake proofing devices for your processes. Learn and understand the 21 principles for mistake proofing solutions. This session is a quick, effective, and inexpensive way to train several people or your entire team. $299 for a single registrant, or $499 for a room full of people! Click here to learn more. 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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