Editorials

The effectiveness of corporate leadership matters not only to the stock markets, but also to the shop floor. That is the finding of a recent research by Kenexa Research Institute (KRI), which polled the views of workers about their organization's senior leadership team.

The study says ...

All manufacturers dread summer. Not only does the tropical heat induce lassitude and languor, it makes it hard to perform outdoor in the stifling heat of the day.  Not surprisingly, productivity declines because most manufacturing staff have to, literally, sweat it out. Of course, there are ...

The swiftness and severity of the economic downturn has taken many manufacturing companies by surprise. Relying on assurances from economists and government officials that the Indian economy was “de-linked” from the woes of the rest of the world, few were prepared themselves for the abrupt ...

The latest data on industrial production is not pretty. Manufacturing activity in the country has significantly slowed—and entire industry sectors are in distress. Calls by industry associations to the government to do something significant are going largely unheeded. Not because the administration ...

Many manufacturers are already using productivity enhancing tools techniques like 3D CAD to speed the design process and create innovative products.  However, the process of producing functional prototypes and manufactured goods has remained largely the same—machining, moulding and casting.  ...

The prevailing global economic crisis is going to be a long drawn affair—and countries like India are fated to suffer from the collateral damage. With the USA and Europe both in recession, the country’s export-oriented manufacturing industries are all in trouble. Not only has demand dried ...

The ongoing financial crisis and the resultant slowdown has compelled many companies to constrain output, look more aggressively at reducing expenses, and eke out savings from every single activity. Travel budgets have been cut, marketing and promotion budgets are under the scanner, credit periods ...

The government has finally conceded what everyone knew. That the Indian economy  is not decoupled from the rest of the world. And that the economic crisis sweeping the rest of the world is having an insidious impact on the domestic industry. While exporters can find some joy in the rapid depreciation ...

Talk to any industry leader today, and the issues at the top of the mind are the state of the economy, the high costs of finance, the need to adapt to changing manufacturing dynamics, and complying with legislative fiats. Going green is next on the agenda—either as a part of corporate social ...