New California Greenhouse Gas Law: How It Will Affect California Industry

California has just passed a law that’s designed to lower the amount of greenhouse gas pollution the state puts out. The idea is to stop, or at least slow down, the effects of global warming. This article gives a quick overview of the law, looks at both sides of the issue, and highlights opportunities for companies and individuals to profit from the changing California industrial landscape.

Car Wash Industry Surveys and Reality Check

As a self-proclaimed industry analyst spanning many sub-sectors of our economy I always find it fascinating to study Industry Surveys although I never seem to quite trust the data. Why you ask? Because it always seems that I will read one research paper or survey, which says one thing and another, which says something different.

Hidden Electric Bill Errors And Overcharges: 5 Myths That Could Cost You Thousands

Did you know that 7 out of 10 Virginia businesses that spend $1,500 or more for electricity are being overcharged? Ignoring these 5 myths about our nation's power companies can cost you thousands annually.

The Basic Human Equation

John Deere for example has an engine factory that is almost completely automated, a human programs the machine and loads the engine blocks onto the line. As the engine blocks move down the line the computer gives instructions and low paid humans visually inspect the machines performance for quality control, the humans have become the robots and the robots the workers.

What Is A Metal Detector

A good example is the utilization of these detectors to inspect wide areas like sites of battlefields, where the only remains could be the surface, scattered with metal objects.

Corrugated Plastic Nestable Containers - One Case Where The U.S. Government Isn't Wrong

Corrugated plastic nestable containers have been used by the U.S. Postal Service for years because they are strong, durable, and cost effective. See how they can help your business.

How Plastic Corrugated Returnable Packaging Can Protect Your Shipments In The Winter Months

With the winter months right around the corner, now is a great time to protect your products using water resistant, strong, and durable plastic corrugated returnable packaging in place of expendable paper corrugated containers.

Commercial Wheelchair Lift

People who are not able to walk because of an accident or old age need special requirements to move around. Some malls and schools have installed ramps making it easy for the person to go in or out. Because these is a need for these lifts in homes and in vehicles, some companies have decided to make these commercially available.

Ensure Workers Health and Protection - Developing an Industrial Safety Checklist

When it comes to making a checklist for industrial safety equipment regarding eye protection, you will find more than just eyewear used to avoid eye injuries. Glasses, as well as other ansi and osha approved products are used to promote vision protection and reduce the incidence of worker-related injuries. While eyeglasses and safety goggles allow an employee to choose personal preferences, such as lens and frames, there are several other eye protection products that offer superb PPE (personal protection equipment). Below are a few items to consider:

RFID In Retail Industry

Advanced technologies are being developed in the field of RFID tags that are more advanced technologically and are of reduced costs. Generally the cost of RFID tags range from twenty cents to one dollar which is not so reasonable cost. Therefore in order to make it cheaper, the prices are required to fall to five cents instead of twenty cents.

Getting a Wheelchair Lift on Ebay

The Internet has given people the opportunity to communicate with others and share information. It has also started something called electronic commerce making it easy for someone to buy or sell things in cyberspace.

Editorial: IRMCO Event Showcases a Winning Workplace

Winning Workplaces Chairman Ken Lehman discusses what took place at our October open house at IRMCO, one of the last remaining manufacturing businesses in our local community.

The Use and Abuse of OEE

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is fast becoming a widely used measure for manufacturing industry, but it is also one of the more misunderstood and misused measures and causing much confusion.

Influence of IT in Textile Business

Textile Supply Chain has been highly influenced by four important features of Information Technology; these features are: Information integration, Planning synchronisation, Workflow coordination and new business models. It is also come across that these IT applications facilitate the execution of several theories of supply chain management, like constant refilling, vendor administered refilling, planned postponement etc.