Illinois’ State Debt Crisis Should be a Rallying Cry for Reducing Government...
By the time you are reading this edition of the Surplus Record, Illinois will most likely have voted on and passed a massive tax increase that will hit manufacturing hard. Even though Governor Pat...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Fix Government, Not Manufacturing
It’s Time to Fix Government, Not Manufacturing By Jason Busch and Lisa Reisman In this issue of Surplus Record, we reprint a recent editorial from The Wall Street Journal that takes a somewhat...
View ArticleGE and Beyond: The Trickling Effects of Reshoring
GE and Beyond: The Trickling Effects of Reshoring Jason Busch and Lisa Reisman The Financial Times and MetalMiner recently took a look at how and why GE is reshoring specific production efforts for a...
View ArticleWhat Type of Manufacturing President Would Romney Be?
What Type of Manufacturing President Would Romney Be? By Jason Busch and Lisa Reisman Having secured the GOP nomination and now campaigning in earnest, Mitt Romney is preparing to go up against...
View ArticleWhat Type of Manufacturing President Would Romney Be? Summary Analysis and...
What Type of Manufacturing President Would Romney Be? Summary Analysis and Conclusions By Jason Busch and Lisa Reisman In last month’s edition of Surplus Record, we began to explore Mitt Romney’s track...
View ArticleWill Amazon Change How Manufacturers Purchase in the Future?
Will Amazon Change How Manufacturers Purchase in the Future? By Jason Busch and Lisa Reisman We spend a lot of time working with larger procurement and supply chain organizations and the software,...
View ArticleManufacturing in Mexico is Back: Are You Ready?
Manufacturing in Mexico is Back: Are You Ready? By Jason Busch and Lisa Reisman Despite the negative headlines to come out of Mexico in the past year – illegal border crossings, tragic gang/drug...
View ArticleThe Great Social Awakening – In Hong Kong, Manufacturing and Beyond
The Great Social Awakening – In Hong Kong, Manufacturing and Beyond By Jason Busch and Lisa Reisman We recently sat through a sermon when we heard a religious leader lambast the use of social...
View ArticleCarrying the Lean Torch Forward: Toyota’s Continued Supply Chain Blunders
Carrying the Lean Torch Forward: Toyota’s Continued Supply Chain Blunders By Jason Busch and Lisa Reisman Despite some recent operational stumbles, Toyota is still revered in manufacturing circles...
View ArticleDigital Disruption and Manufacturing
Digital Disruption and Manufacturing By Jason Busch and Lisa Reisman Manufacturing supply chains are going digital. One need look no further than the most common and visible forms of this...
View ArticleTrump This! Bern That! Free Trade and Two Candidates
Trump This! Bern That! Free Trade and Two Candidates By Jason Busch and Lisa Reisman Two of three likely presidential contenders (we’re writing off Ted Cruz at this point) appear, at least in their...
View ArticleChanging Commodity Strategies for 2016
Changing Commodity Strategies for 2016 By Jason Busch and Lisa Reisman In the immortal words of the late and wonderful David Bowie, “Time may change me, but I can’t trace time.” While Bowie was no...
View ArticleManufacturing as a Service: UPS and Additive Manufacturing Take Flight
Manufacturing as a Service: UPS and Additive Manufacturing Take Flight By Lisa Reisman and Jason Busch Until recently, 3D printing and additive manufacturing – terms we use interchangeably in this...
View ArticleHow Should Manufacturers Look at Brexit?
How Should Manufacturers Look at Brexit? By Jason Busch and Lisa Reisman Brexit – short for “British Exit” from the European Union – caught much of the world off guard. Politically, we can look at the...
View ArticleExamining the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership): Pros and Cons
Examining the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership): Pros and Cons By Jason Busch and Lisa Reisman Both Presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, have come out against the Trans-Pacific...
View ArticleHelp Wanted: Only Skilled Manufacturing Labor Need Apply
Help Wanted: Only Skilled Manufacturing Labor Need Apply By Jason Busch and Lisa Reisman The front section of the Wall Street Journal on September 2nd featured two quite different stories on the state...
View ArticleNew Distributors and Capacity Markets vs. Direct Supply Relationships
New Distributors and Capacity Markets vs. Direct Supply Relationships By Jason Busch and Lisa Reisman Fifteen years ago, we wrote a business plan for one of our former employers to create what might...
View ArticlePresidential and Commodities Complexity: Will the Markets Welcome Trump?
Presidential and Commodities Complexity: Will the Markets Welcome Trump? By Jason Busch and Lisa Reisman The manufacturing commodities rollercoaster of the past decade has seen some very high highs and...
View ArticleHow the New Tax Plan Could Impact Business and Manufacturers
How the New Tax Plan Could Impact Business and Manufacturers By Jason Busch & Lisa Reisman While there is a lot of uncertainty, opinions and debate surrounding the new 2018 Federal Tax Bill, or...
View ArticleThe Dollar’s Limbo Game – Good or Bad for US Manufacturers?
The Dollar’s Limbo Game – Good or Bad for US Manufacturers? By Jason Busch & Lisa Reisman We’ve all played limbo. You know the game with a broomstick that is gradually lowered-and-lowered until no...
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