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Originally imported from Japan in the 1980s, lean manufacturing continues to play a key role in every successful U.S. manufacturer. Lean companies make their products as efficiently as possible, using the least possible staff time, equipment and working capital.. Read More >>

Enacted in 1981 to encourage innovation, Congress introduced the Research & Experimentation Tax Credit (R&D Credit) for companies that incur research and development costs in the United States. Originally introduced in the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, this. Read More >>

Most manufacturing and distribution business owners dream of exiting their company with money in hand. But interestingly, they often are not strategic about how to make this happen. While they may talk about the future and what they expect. Read More >>

According to Industry Week’s “2013 Year-End U.S. Manufacturing Outlook Study,” manufacturers are generally optimistic about their growth prospects. Bloomberg reports that manufacturing in the U.S. is expanding at a faster rate and making a bigger contribution to the U.S.. Read More >>