"just in time" for that "lean supply"

Sept. 12, 2007  -- A lean supply chain defines how a well-designed supply chain should operate, delivering products quickly to the end customer, with minimum waste. A lean supply chain is a great enabler for any organization that strives to become more lean and efficient. Organizations within a lean supply chain are able to leverage their own lean journey more easily, delivering better customer value by responding more efficiently, quickly, and predictably to customer needs. That, in turn, facilitates the operation of the lean supply chain, creating a virtuous cycle that ultimately translates to superior financial performance for these organizations.

I bet that this is something you never expected to see - in the old days we called it reverse engineering

In a research paper, Yung-Chieh Hung and Yeh-Liang Hsu in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Yuan Ze University, Taiwan, say: “Designing around existing patents of competitors is a task constantly faced by designers.”

 In the world of consumer entertainment there is always something new coming along to prise those dollars out of your fist

Sharp Electronics , the leading innovator in LCD technology, today announced immediate availability in Canada of the stylish new AQUOS(R) D64U series of full-HD 1080p LCD televisions. Featuring a remarkable thin, lightweight, and slim-line design, the D64U series combines Sharp's renowned picture quality with a unique space-saving product footprint.

 All part of the big picture to  - get it right -   the first time

The Maxos solution includes a noncontact light probe, a bridge or horizontal gantry, a turntable option, installation, custom programming, training and maintenance

 The James Bond era has caught up with the foot soldiers out there on the front line -

Make no mistake: Defence Systems & Equipment International (DSEI) , held in the huge Excel Centre in London's docklands, is an arms fair.

 I'm totally speechless - what a magnificent statement

ARMONK, N.Y. - IBM Corp . researchers are touting one of the tiniest pieces of art ever made — an image of the sun made from 20,000 microscopic particles of gold

A British designed and built saucer shaped unmanned aerial vehicle has been demonstrated flying stably in the open air.

complete with little green men ? 

Some things just don't change --

Well its on again, off again, on again ----

BOEING remains confident it can deliver the first of its new 787 Dreamliners on time next May, despite a two-month delay in the aircraft's first flight.  ---

More twists and turns than a basket of snakes  --- stay tuned for the next installment

Both Samsung Heavy Industries Co. and Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co announce new orders

There are going to be a lot of ships coming out of Korea

TOYOTA , Japan: Steadily, relentlessly, quietly. Toyota is closing in on dethroning General Motors, the longtime king of the world's automakers.

On Friday, Toyota set a global sales target of 10.4 million vehicles for 2009 — a number that would put the Japanese company far ahead of the current industry record of 9.55 million vehicles that GM sold in 1978.