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Top Ten Manufacturing Stories of 2013

by December 30, 2013 Comments (0)

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Everyone, no matter how good they are, can always find ways to get even better. A good place to start? This list features 10 statements that every leader should be making a habit of using regularly. Sprinkling them in can help leaders take their performance to an even higher level.

  • GM under fire after employees are caught rigging inspections. There’s nothing like the feeling of relief you get when your facility passes an audit or inspection with flying colors. The exact polar opposite of that feeling? The anger that GM’s India division must have felt when it had to call regulators back and admit that employees were rigging inspections.
  • Feds target managers for jail time after major quality disaster. Managers from The Peanut Corporation of America drew the ire of the Feds for allegedly cutting corners to maximize profits. As if that wasn’t bad enough, then they allegedly lied to investigators in an attempt to cover up those actions. Four former leaders of the company were named in a 75-count indictment resulting from a 2009 incident involving salmonella-tainted peanuts and peanut products.
  • Obama’s recent successes help bust 3 long-held manufacturing myths. President Obama took strides this year in an attempt to further boost America’s manufacturing comeback. High on his list of priorities were increasing the amount of products the U.S. exports to other countries and cutting the unemployment numbers. His success also helped to bust a few long-held myths about the manufacturing industry.

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