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Lean has changed the way many leading enterprises deliver products to customers and suppliers. However, there is a significant performance gap between companies simply using Lean techniques on the shop floor and those that have built a Lean corporate culture.

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Ford Launches Ethanol Corridor
Partnering with VersSun Energy Corp., Ford Motor Co. announced creation of the "first ethanol corridor," to increase availability of E85 by converting gasoline fuel pumps to E85 in stations located along 1-55 in Illinois and I-70 in Missouri. Read more

Haas Automation Sees A Promising Future
Robert Murray, general manager of Haas Automation Inc., says the legal problems that Gene Haas has won't affect the company he founded. Read more

Tower Automotive To Close Aluminum Foundry
August shutdown set for Toronto operation. Read more

PowerTrack To Grow
U.S. Bank the lead bank and subsidiary of U.S. Bankcorp is buying Schneider National’s division, Schneider Payment Services. Read more

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Readers Repond To John Brandt On Leadership -- Speaking Of Dumb Bosses: There Auto Be A Law
"There is a saying that one reaps what one sows. The UAW is a parasite which is killing the host... Sorry, can't muster one iota of sympathy for the union slugs making fantastic wages doing almost nothing, nothing except killing the US auto industry."
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Mike Evans' Economic Outlook -- GM Offer Oversubscribed -- What's Next?
"So GM got at least 35,000 workers to agree to the buyout... However, that hardly means GM is out of the woods. I repeat my earlier comment: if they did this badly in a booming economy, how well are they going to fare in the next recession?"
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Readers Discuss -- Outsourcing Vs Offshoring
"Are you saying there is a tarriff advantage to off-shoring steel production and then importing it back into the USA? I am missing the point of the argument."
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