http://forums.industryweek.com en Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:15:40 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.industryweek.com/IWImages/misc/rss.jpg http://forums.industryweek.com http://forums.industryweek.com/showthread.php?t=9311&goto=newpost Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:48:33 GMT Good morning, I saw this headline this morning and became a little disgusted. I think it is time for the UAW to go the way of the dinosaur. With the help of the UAW, we have decimated American Automobile manufacturing in this country. American Auto companies cannot compete against other... Good morning,
I saw this headline this morning and became a little disgusted. I think it is time for the UAW to go the way of the dinosaur. With the help of the UAW, we have decimated American Automobile manufacturing in this country. American Auto companies cannot compete against other brands with their legacy costs and inefficient labor practices.
American workers do not need a labor union that is self-serving and destructive. Labor Unions tie the hands of the companies they are suppose to serve. It is no wonder the Japanese brands are kicking our butts. How many union stewards do those companies have to deal with in order to build their cars. Unions create inefficient lumbering giants that cannot produce and eventually die. How many more people in this country have to lose their jobs? Do we need another example of Chrysler or GM?

Thank you ]]> Labor Issues mikebsit http://forums.industryweek.com/showthread.php?t=9311 http://forums.industryweek.com/showthread.php?t=9101&goto=newpost Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:36:28 GMT Our productivity must be increased to help offset our higher hourly employment costs, which are now two and three times – and more – greater than those of the countries with which we compete.

That means our tariffs and trade rules must be made equitable with those of other countries. That means we must abandon our policy of rewarding looters and the moochers instead of those who work and produce.

That means we must stop playing giveaway checkers. That means we must start making economic decisions on economic grounds – not from political motives.

Does the above commentary sound familiar? If you didn’t know better, you’d think it was in reference to the U.S. trade deficit with China and other developing countries.

But the excerpt is actually from an “Impact Report” in IndustryWeek’s Oct. 4, 1971 issue entitled “Is there Still Time to Save U.S. Industry?” written by former Editor-in-Chief Walter J. Campbell.

I came across the issue yesterday when rifling through a now-retired co-worker’s filing cabinet. I couldn’t help but notice the parallels between 38 years ago and today. Back then Japan and Germany were the big concerns.

In the report article “Trade Rules Tie Our Hands…” Floyd G. Lawrence wrote:

Seeking to build a strong economy in Asia, we have permitted Japan to deal with the U.S. like a less-developed nation. Raw materials to fuel Japanese industry, together with agricultural products, account for some 70% of Japan’s imports from us. In contrast with the low technological and labor content of our products which Japan buys, about 90% of Japan’s exports to this country are manufactured goods which compete vigorously with U.S. industry.

In another article entitled “Labor Triumphs Bring Defeat”, Stanley J. Modic and Dale W. Sommer quote Wolfgang Jansen, then-president of Georgetown Steel Corp. in Georgetown, S.C.:

“Unions are losing jobs to imports. Responsible union leaders are beginning to see – at least more so than before – that they have to work with management to protect the jobs of their memberships. The only way to reverse the trend is to make American goods more competitive, and you can’t do it by using two people to do a one-man job.

"That’s what is different in Germany and I think it’s more important than the disparity of wage rates. Over here, in some plants, an electrician can’t pick up a wrench. But in Germany, if one maintenance man is technically capable of handling the entire job, that’s no problem. German workmen recognize improved productivity helps everybody.”

How does that old saying go? “The more things change…” ]]> Labor Issues Jon Katz http://forums.industryweek.com/showthread.php?t=9101 http://forums.industryweek.com/showthread.php?t=8761&goto=newpost Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:27:53 GMT Hello friends In statistical process control, After we have taken dimensions of the 50 components. We will calculate sigma, cp, cpk. Based on this value, we will find whether process is capable or not. But my doubt is, How to draw the normal distribution curve. Is any specific rule available... Hello friends

In statistical process control, After we have taken dimensions of the 50 components. We will calculate sigma, cp, cpk. Based on this value, we will find whether process is capable or not.

But my doubt is, How to draw the normal distribution curve. Is any specific rule available to draw this curve. If yes, Please help me, How to draw the curve. What are the inputs need to draw the curve.

Please any one help me.

Thanks
Sanjeevikumar ]]> Labor Issues sanjeeviquality http://forums.industryweek.com/showthread.php?t=8761 http://forums.industryweek.com/showthread.php?t=8731&goto=newpost Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:17:46 GMT Hello friends I glad to introduce, i am sanjeevikumar I am very new for this forum Here i need your suggestions for the effective implementation of Quality management system in my organization. Basically my management have very interest to see the effectiveness consistently through the... Hello friends
I glad to introduce, i am sanjeevikumar
I am very new for this forum

Here i need your suggestions for the effective implementation of Quality management system in my organization.

Basically my management have very interest to see the effectiveness consistently through the system implementation.

Most of our employees are uneducated but they have very good technical skills. They don't like to write & fill up the forms etc...
So they are not cooperating, If i ask them to do the job they got worried and getting angry with me.

This is the basic problem in my company. how to resolve this problem. How to Implement the systems effectively? ]]> Labor Issues sanjeeviquality http://forums.industryweek.com/showthread.php?t=8731 http://forums.industryweek.com/showthread.php?t=8201&goto=newpost Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:45:32 GMT Despite hearing from manufacturing leaders that a skilled workforce shortage exists, many workers who went back to school for more training aren't having any more luck finding jobs, according to an MSNBC article.

Some blame federally subsidized retraining programs that are run by tangled webs of bureaucracy. ]]> Labor Issues Jon Katz http://forums.industryweek.com/showthread.php?t=8201